as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means
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Digestible feminism is about getting your point across without aiming to exclude anyone.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
9 June 2025 -
The bill, introduced by Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio, was amended to exclude criminals convicted of certain offenses the chance to seek parole, including those who killed a law enforcement officer or carried out a mass shooting at a school, among other offenses.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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New technology in supersonic aircraft can allow the planes to fly faster than the speed of sound without a disruptive sonic boom being heard on the ground, but the regulations still ban those flights over land.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The new system does not ban exports outright, but requires government approval for each shipment.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Blue Diamond notified employees Friday morning that the site will wind down over the course of two years, eliminating 600 jobs.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Setting up restrictions for users could help eliminate internal theft and fraud and aid the investigation if an attack such as this were to occur.—
Renee Schafer,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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No major leaguer had thrown fewer in a nine-inning complete game since Kyle Hendricks required 81 to shut out the St. Louis Cardinals on May 3, 2019.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Aledo shuts out McKinney North, takes game one In its first state semifinal appearance since 2015, Aledo baseball started strong and never looked back.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a law barring local governments from passing ordinances to restrict presidential libraries, making the state the entity that would have authority over a future Trump library.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Chicago immigration advocates and politicians Thursday condemned a looming Trump administration travel ban that would bar or restrict travelers from 19 countries, a reprisal and expansion of a similar policy that was fiercely protested across the country during the president’s first term.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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President Trump on Wednesday signed a travel ban on 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, resurrecting an effort from his first term to prevent large numbers of immigrants and visitors from entering the United States.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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Iran's arch-foe Israel, which sees Tehran's nuclear programme as an existential threat, has repeatedly threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.—
Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The Detroit Tigers are down a starter after Jackson Jobe was ruled out for the rest of the season with Tommy John surgery on Wednesday.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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He was ruled out on a close play at the plate that ended up getting reviewed.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
12 June 2025
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“Freeze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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