LEFT (OUT) Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

left (out)

verb

Definition of left (out)

past tense of leave (out)

as in missed out

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Open models will be excluded from the voluntary pre-release review, at least for now.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Research found that more than 70% of workers report being socially excluded at work in six months, while 48% report harassment or bullying, and those are big numbers.

— Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of excluded

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But by that point, the government's own investigation had shown that wasn't true, and the government omitted that inconvenient evidence from its search warrant applications, Comey said.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 July 2026
The mine wars were omitted from West Virginia school textbooks, replaced with a patriotic version of the coal industry’s history.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Definition of omitted

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Investments with a visible before-and-after—money saved, costs cut, a loss prevented—are easier to measure and therefore easier for potential clients to justify.

— Tyler Hochman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
That has prevented SpaceX employees and other insiders from selling shares for a period following the IPO.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prevented

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To be clear, compulsory voting is the opposite of the poll taxes, which are prohibited by the 24th Amendment and that were once used to disenfranchise.

— Susan Ostermann, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
Most state and local regulations use terms such as exotic, noxious, prohibited and restricted instead of invasive.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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