as in excluding
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means
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Their analysis focused on individual and business tax provisions, excluding changes to the estate tax.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Radically excluding everything from this gray area might be tempting to improve the CAC on paper for investors.—
Mindaugas Čaplinskas,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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These range from banning decorative grass to limiting pool sizes in new communities, and banning industrial and commercial businesses from using evaporative coolers.—
Yvette Fernandez,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ironically, just one year earlier, California passed legislation banning internet sweepstake cafes – a development apparently lost on VGW.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Moving forward, Max is taking the lessons of the road to the album’s creation and shutting out outside voices who try to steer her away from her creative instincts.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Automakers are using advances in vehicle technology to monopolize the repair ecosystem, placing systems and data needed for repairs under lock and key and shutting out any competition.—
Dwayne Myers,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, colleges nationwide are eliminating any remaining vestiges of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and shuttering multicultural centers lest the government come after them.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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The president's fiscal year 2026 budget request proposes a 51% cut in gross discretionary funding from HUD, including eliminating both parts of Section 8 and several other HUD programs.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Johnson has already signed an order barring the Chicago Police Department from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Sep. 2025
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But barring those disruptions, drivers should see continued relief through fall.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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