embargoing

verb

present participle of embargo
as in excluding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargoing
  1. excluding
  2. preventing
  3. precluding
  4. depriving
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  • If they were imported at the CM1e’s Chinese market price of $39,000, tariffs would drive the cost up to nearly $89,000, excluding the cost of Waymo’s autonomous driving hardware that likely exceeds $10,000.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The labor force participation rate, which influences the unemployment, is something to watch after reaching a 50-year low in June (excluding the Covid pandemic era).
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluding
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  • Accordingly, preventing or alleviating hypertension and diabetes can partly be done by managing these factors.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Severe storms and flooding can make travel unsafe or impossible, preventing people from leaving their homes, reaching family or attending social gatherings.
    — Fiona Doherty, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of preventing
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  • The astronauts must be unassigned to other missions, available for flights (for example, by not being on parental leave or on a military assignment), not in a management position precluding their participation, and in the presence of skills relevant to the mission, among other things.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 June 2026
  • When the primary was held in mid-May, only Republican voters - or unaffiliated voters who opted for a GOP ballot - were eligible to weigh in, precluding Cassidy from benefitting from crossover support.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
Definition of precluding
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  • For years, when playgrounds and parks became drug hot spots, the city reacted by fencing them off, depriving families of access.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • So, the team tested if depriving mole-rats of smell would purge the xenophobia out of them.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Definition of depriving
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