as in to prevent
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
issued a strict schedule for doing household chores so as to preclude any arguments
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Recent Examples of preclude
The judge said further delay could preclude Mangione from using the defense at his state trial, which is slated to begin in September.
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Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
At the same time, the treaty doesn’t preclude future commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean, but instead allows time to ensure any fishing there can be sustainable.
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David Balton,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
All this, experts tell us, not only precludes cutting rates but also may mean hiking them—perhaps several times—in the months ahead.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The second agreement precludes the Justice Department or any other federal agency from investigating the propriety of that funding.
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Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for preclude
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
At the same time, the treaty doesn’t preclude future commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean, but instead allows time to ensure any fishing there can be sustainable.
—
David Balton,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
All this, experts tell us, not only precludes cutting rates but also may mean hiking them—perhaps several times—in the months ahead.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The second agreement precludes the Justice Department or any other federal agency from investigating the propriety of that funding.
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Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preclude
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Nejat argues that his experience with Miller and his termination could have been prevented with the protection of a union.
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Segregation laws prevented Black students from integrating into Euless schools in 1950.
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The deal averts a ballot referendum that backers from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association said would’ve reigned in expansive local real estate taxes.
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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“Preclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preclude. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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