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to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
the revelation that the candidate had excluded journalists from certain news outlets from the press briefing
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Recent Examples of excluded
Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
ISPs without a 2-gig or faster tier were excluded to ensure the rankings reflect the top-performing, next-generation networks available in 2025.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
So, military leaders had to expand the scope of potential recruits to reach out to groups previously excluded – namely, Black Americans, other people of color and women.
—Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence is redefining the workplace, and corporate jobs aren’t excluded from its reach.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Daniel Day-Lewis would like to be excluded from Brian Cox's fiery narrative against Method acting.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
States excluded were Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
It was previously announced that Andrew would be excluded from Christmas celebrations with the rest of the Windsor clan.
—Max Foster, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
And yeah, sometimes there is pushback from the honchos at the Gothams in the case of certain names or movies getting excluded from the final nominations.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Trump levied his greatest assault against the international economic order, announcing the most expansive set of tariffs in American history on both autocratic adversaries and America’s closest democratic allies in April 2025 (Russia was strikingly excluded).
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
ISPs without a 2-gig or faster tier were excluded to ensure the rankings reflect the top-performing, next-generation networks available in 2025.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
So, military leaders had to expand the scope of potential recruits to reach out to groups previously excluded – namely, Black Americans, other people of color and women.
—Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence is redefining the workplace, and corporate jobs aren’t excluded from its reach.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Daniel Day-Lewis would like to be excluded from Brian Cox's fiery narrative against Method acting.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
States excluded were Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
It was previously announced that Andrew would be excluded from Christmas celebrations with the rest of the Windsor clan.
—Max Foster, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
And yeah, sometimes there is pushback from the honchos at the Gothams in the case of certain names or movies getting excluded from the final nominations.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excluded
Verb
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The government banned the import, possession, use, manufacturing and distribution of all vapes in the Maldives in late 2024, regardless of age.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country's largest opposition party Chadema was banned from contesting the elections and its leader Tundu Lissu is currently on trial on treason charges.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After New York helped the ladies decorate their cakes for the next 120 seconds, Dan ultimately eliminated one of them in pursuit of the prize.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite being a favorite among her fellow contestants, she was eliminated from the group’s running early on.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mochen claimed, and text messages from Kaliyev appear to confirm to the Post, that Kaliyev was even barred from practices over the unpaid debts.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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As the search for Melodee continues, relatives have claimed Ashlee barred the child's paternal family from seeing her for years, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The documents contained details of disciplinary action and indicated that Sherrill was prohibited from participating in her 1994 graduation ceremony after declining to identify classmates implicated in a cheating incident.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The Fifteenth Amendment had prohibited denying or abridging voting rights based on race, color, or conditions of previous servitude.—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this month, Bush told PEOPLE that Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife, actress Hailee Steinfeld, have previously put on the party, but work commitments prevented Steinfeld from continuing the tradition.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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While the government shutdown has prevented data sharing from any NASA missions that have observed the comet since October 1, the ESA’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter attempted to capture views of 3I/ATLAS in October.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Excluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excluded. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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