EMBARGOING Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

embargoing

verb

present participle of embargo

as in excluding

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Since May 1, New York state, excluding New York City, has seen 107 cases.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
The labor force participation rate fell to its lowest level in half a century when excluding the pandemic, according to data released Thursday.

— Dan Mangan,Luke Fountain,Kevin Breuninger,Garrett Downs,Ashley Capoot,Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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After launching the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia managed to occupy all of the Ukrainian land that surrounds the Sea of Azov, preventing Kyiv from accessing it.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Events unfold over the course of one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking outside communication and preventing reinforcements from arriving.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 July 2026

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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

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All of which is to say that the Odyssey, in depriving Nolan of opportunities for his ingenuity as a screenwriter, has also pushed him toward greater filmmaking risks.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills.

— Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2026

Definition of depriving

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