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
Also note that if the borrower asserted these defense and lost on the merits, the guarantor will be precluded by either claim preclusion (res judicata) or issue preclusion (collateral estoppel) from relitigating those defenses.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
That conservatism may also preclude another option – embracing a warming neighboring region and pursuing a new agreement with Washington.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Strict in-and-out times may also preclude homeless Portlanders with jobs.
—K. Rambo, ProPublica, 11 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian watched the video but precluded it as evidence and said the relevance is minimal.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
That conservatism may also preclude another option – embracing a warming neighboring region and pursuing a new agreement with Washington.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Strict in-and-out times may also preclude homeless Portlanders with jobs.
—K. Rambo, ProPublica, 11 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian watched the video but precluded it as evidence and said the relevance is minimal.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preclude
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Until now, there was no centralized system in place to prevent double billing, which enabled overpayments to go unnoticed.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Engineering teams that achieve maximum resilience focus on designing recovery systems while investing in observability tools and automation for response capabilities rather than preventing all failures.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Colorado hasn’t set up the grants to prove that a particular group’s efforts averted a certain number of injuries or deaths, but models that worked in other major cities should be helpful in the Denver area, said Dr. Ned Calonge, the state health department’s chief medical officer.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
28 July 2025
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Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 July 2025
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“Preclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preclude. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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