embargoing

present participle of embargo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargoing
Verb
  • The company reported earnings per share of 71 cents per share, excluding certain items, above the 53 cents per share expected by FactSet.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • His Cleveland recordings of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Dvořák rank with the best of the modern era, their transparency and elegance never excluding vigor and warmth.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Led by scientists at Rice University in Houston, the study suggests Jupiter's early growth cut off the flow of gas and dust toward the inner solar system, preventing the material that would one day form Earth, Venus and Mars from spiraling into the sun.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Breaking up or obscuring the reflection makes the glass visible to birds, preventing them from hitting your windows.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By comparison, the workouts many people think of as HIIT involve way longer work intervals and much shorter rest periods, precluding the same level of intensity.
    Marissa Gold, SELF, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But the Republic never received any further communication about this request or any data, precluding progress.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The sweeping opinion ran through a list of Israeli practices that the ICJ said violated international law, including confiscating land, building Israeli settlements in the territories, and depriving Palestinians of natural resources and the right to self-determination.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Embargoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embargoing. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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