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Recent Examples of exclusion
Their only hope is that more bubble teams lose, zero bid stealers lose, and maybe the committee even feels bad for leaving Darian DeVries out of the field last year, when DeVries’ West Virginia team was a shocking exclusion.
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Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Was her exclusion from the political world not its own kind of tyranny?
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
The demographics in Rockridge — where, by the last Census count, 69% of residents are white, compared to 29% of Oakland as a whole — can be traced back to a history of racial exclusion.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
The park is built for 2 to 12 year olds, all too often at the exclusion of adults.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
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Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Was her exclusion from the political world not its own kind of tyranny?
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
The demographics in Rockridge — where, by the last Census count, 69% of residents are white, compared to 29% of Oakland as a whole — can be traced back to a history of racial exclusion.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
The park is built for 2 to 12 year olds, all too often at the exclusion of adults.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusion
Noun
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Slusser provided screenshots to Fox News Digital showing the notification of her banishment and an unsuccessful appeal.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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This season, with two Housewives as Traitors, Gamers Ian Terry, Rob Cesternino, and Yam Yam Arocho were three of the first five murdered, with Tiffany Mitchell an early banishment.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In some cases, people who take these risks experience potentially negative social consequences such as disapproval, ostracism and career setbacks.—
Catherine A. Sanderson,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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Invisible exiles lose families—parents, siblings, partners, children—and endure social ostracism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The federal court approved the dismissal under federal and state statutes, finding that federal law had frequently been used to interpret Illinois' Minimum Wage Law.—
Jenna Schweikert,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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But consistently responding to others’ progress with dismissal, denial, or defensiveness is usually a red flag, experts say.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclusion. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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