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verb

past tense of disallow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disallowed
Adjective
Jailbreaking involves persuading a model to ignore its safety rules and generate disallowed content. Nirmal Jingar, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
The goal should have been disallowed and yet, after a VAR check lasting two and a half minutes, it was allowed to stand. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Trump has sought to have the center feature his own name on its facade, even after a federal judge disallowed him from using his authority to ensure that this would happen. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Argentina started the second half strongly and Piscatelli twice went close to scoring, his second attempt disallowed for a forward pass. ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Not to mention, few studios have purchased cinemas even after the Department of Justice rescinded the 1948 Paramount Consent Decrees, which previously disallowed studios from owning movie theater chains. Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The judges also disallowed her inquest testimony, which had been given without an attorney present. Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 The rebound was put into the net by Sergio Reguilón, but the goal was disallowed after it was determined that Reguilón had entered the penalty area early. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 Miami’s Sergio Reguilon put in the rebound, but it was disallowed for encroachment after a video review. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026 Prior to the new ruling, current state law restricted electronically generated court transcripts to civil suits involving less than $35,000 and disallowed their use for unlimited civil cases and family and probate matters. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallowed
Adjective
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.
    Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That group, early on, looked for equity in the pages of the Arkansas Gazette's society section, urging the publication to feature Black brides, who had previously been denied photos on the section front.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The fundraising push came nearly two weeks after a judge denied Anthony’s request for a new trial.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • José Dias Toffoli, who previously stepped down from overseeing the Banco Master case because of his links to Vorcaro, also refused to vote.
    MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Many families who are cited in the lawsuit said the insurer refused to test their homes for contaminants.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This strategy also helps employers get to know phenomenal candidates whose applications are going to accidentally be rejected by the ATS and AI systems.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The Alliance rejected accusations of greenwashing at the time, saying its mandate was to identify scalable collection, sorting and recycling solutions and that projects operating at the edge of commercial viability would not all succeed.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Order could reshape federal wolf protections Gray wolves were first listed as endangered in 1967 after populations declined because of hunting and other human activities.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to provide further comment on the case to Fortune.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The owls also face pressure from the barred owl, a more territorial competitor that vies for the same food and habitat and usually wins.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The roommate, Maria Ortiz, 60, was struggling against a barred window, screaming for help, when firefighters in a tower ladder truck cut the bars and pulled her out.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • Another group of scholars eventually refuted the claims in 2023, contending the ring had no connection to anyone named Pilate.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The State Department has refuted the allegations against Chen.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Disallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallowed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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