EMBARGOED Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

embargoed

verb

past tense of embargo

as in excluded

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Yet only a few people have actually seen it, with smaller and open-source AI companies generally getting excluded from the administration’s conversations.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
The community received disproportionate federal grants to rebuild, as many were excluded from city and state grant programs due to Chinatown being located outside of the scope to receive that funding, the report said.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of excluded

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The Louisiana ruling prevented the NCAA, SEC and LSU from taking action that would adversely affect the athletes.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Living under a rock would hardly have prevented you from hearing the ubiquitous monster hit — and replaying it in your head ad nauseam.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of prevented

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Multiple Alabama sources insisted that Kiffin’s behavior during his time in Tuscaloosa precluded him from ever succeeding Nick Saban and becoming the Crimson Tide’s head coach.

— John Talty, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
But neither that play nor the ones that precluded it have been enough to move him up the depth chart, even on a team starved for pass rushing help.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of precluded

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Earlier this summer, one CEO talked about implementing a new T&E system that deprived employees of the right to get personal loyalty benefits from travel.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Maxwell, 64, filed the habeas corpus petition in December 2025, asking the court to vacate her sentence, claiming a number of constitutional and legal errors had deprived her of a fair trial.

— Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of deprived

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Meta supposedly favors Chinese resellers, because, without them, Meta would be shut out from billions in profits from the lucrative Chinese ad market, since its platforms are banned there.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Sofia has strong feelings about the ultra-rich looking out for themselves as the world teeters toward disaster, shutting out everyone else.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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