disallows

present tense third-person singular of disallow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disallows Most recently, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act disallows pending ERC claims submitted after January 31, 2024, for the third and fourth quarter of 2021. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallows
Verb
  • Trump denies any involvement in the note.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cook, who denies any wrongdoing, is he first Black female Fed governor.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Although many philosophers and theologians accept mortality as an inevitable and indeed defining feature of human existence, Kurzweil refuses to accept this line of thinking.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Dusk refuses, choosing ruin instead.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But March’s family, which has seen their factory turned upside down by the ghost of a former employee, rejects the relationship.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The seeds of bombs planted by soldiers long gone remain dormant but alive just beneath the surface and yet the land rejects them every day.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If the Supreme Court declines review, Hernandez would face retrial unless prosecutors decide not to pursue the case further.
    Adeola Adeosun Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Times’ proprietor, Patrick Soon-Shiong, now declines to support political candidates, a decision that conflicts with his community’s liberal constituency.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ex-contractor likens Gaza aid effort to 'The Hunger Games,' former employer refutes claims One meal a day.
    Gram Slattery, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Yet Superman's entire story refutes this zero-sum thinking.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Disallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallows. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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