debarring

verb

present participle of debar
as in excluding
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom

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Recent Examples of debarring If Chiu succeeds in debarring Collective Impact, the nonprofit would have to end its summer and after-school programs and close the doors of its three-decade-old Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, its attorneys Lauren Kramer Sujeeth and Si Eun Amber Lee wrote. — Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debarring
  1. excluding
  2. banning
  3. barring
  4. prohibiting
  5. eliminating
  6. preventing
Verb
  • Liberty keep backsliding The Liberty, a perennial contender in recent years, have lost eight of their last 10 (excluding their Commissioner’s Cup championship victory, which does not count toward the regular-season standings).
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The distance the jet traveled during the tournament, excluding the journey to Qatar and back for the funeral, according to the AP analysis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of excluding
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  • Japan previously had eight empresses, mostly when the male heirs were too young to rule, until the Imperial House Law was enacted in 1889 during the Meiji era, officially banning female emperors.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The national monument designation provides sweeping protections not just for significant geological features or artifacts but also for the surrounding landscape, banning drilling, mining and new construction nearby.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of banning
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  • Friday's appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state's ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • What’s being done to address Land Park’s issues Aside from barring nighttime parking in the park, the city has also discussed closing some streets in the park to vehicular traffic as part of a two-year pilot program.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of barring
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  • The proposal would prevent the state from prohibiting or interfering with reproductive healthcare, including contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage management and childbirth care.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026
  • But elite club soccer and the Major League Soccer academies have conspired to kill it by prohibiting their players from participating in high school or middle school programs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of prohibiting
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  • Disney’s private island became the first to allow ships to dock directly at the shore—eliminating the need for a tender.
    — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Kennedy and his advisers debated eliminating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot in the fall, according to the three people.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of eliminating
Verb
  • After launching the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia managed to occupy all of the Ukrainian land that surrounds the Sea of Azov, preventing Kyiv from accessing it.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Events unfold over the course of one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking outside communication and preventing reinforcements from arriving.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 July 2026
Definition of preventing

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“Debarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debarring. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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