EXCLUSION Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

exclusion

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Definition of exclusion

as in banishment

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Recent Examples of exclusion France’s exclusion of the UK from the Security Action for Europe defence program already backfired. — Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026 Through Nekomba’s journey, the film explores a pre-colonial world that is both beautiful and unsettling, where belonging and exclusion coexist. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it. — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 But to do that at the exclusion of other things is the reverse form of, whatever the reverse of sanitization is, is lacking balance. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclusion

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Sore from the torment of her family’s banishment, Espinoza feels the pulse of current events.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The appeals court ruled in September 2025 that Mid Vermont Christian must be allowed to participate in state athletics, after two years of banishment had passed.

— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

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Expect the backlash, posing risks of fandom ostracism for any significant animator seemingly endorsing AI, to play out at late June’s Annecy Festival.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 1 June 2026
During the global debt crisis of the 1980s, the choice between debt servicing by means of an IMF program and ostracism from global markets was put on broad display.

— Sven van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026

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