Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left (out)
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Anthropic spent this spring fighting a Pentagon supply-chain-risk designation that excluded it from Defense Department contracts, a label a federal judge suggested looked like punishment after the company refused to let the military use Claude for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026 -
He even was excluded from the yearbook, the suit noted.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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For at least one claim submission, ROV omitted medical reports from physicians who did not believe the player had Parkinson’s, the audit found.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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What those posts often omitted was that the apparent discrepancy resulted from how the data were displayed.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2026
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Teva said his family later reached a settlement deal with Von D, which allegedly included a nondisclosure agreement that prevented his mother from speaking out on the incident.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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And while Popeye could never directly engage with his Sea Hag because his code of honor prevented him from striking a woman, no matter how villainous, Tom seems to have no such code.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Because of a 2015 first-degree assault conviction, O'Brien is prohibited from possessing a firearm.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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At this point, true liberation began, as a growing number of HBCUs offered academic freedom to Black Americans, who otherwise would have been prohibited from attending most colleges and universities.—
Rodney Coates,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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“Left (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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