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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 precluded
Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2026
Reflecting the global reach of American hegemony, as well as the way the bureaucratic style of Soviet espionage precluded such individual initiative, eighteen of these thirty operatives were Americans.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The Heat schedule precluded more organizational presence, with the team hosting the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night at Kaseya Center, where the court a year ago was named in Riley’s honor, and then returning for a practice there Monday ahead of a two-game trip.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Health has precluded that in the past.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Years after his involvement in the Davis case, Zuley went to Guantanamo Bay on a special assignment while called into duty as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve, though Garrett’s defense attorneys were precluded from questioning him about his time at the detention center.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
While a handful of hospitals reinstated the care after a short pause, that hasn’t precluded some from suspending it again under further federal pressure, as Children’s Hospital Colorado did last month.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
The companies contend those claims can’t proceed because they are precluded by federal law.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
In 1898, which was only thirty years after the amendment was ratified, the Supreme Court ruled definitively on the meaning of that phrase in the case of Wong Kim Ark, a man born in California to Chinese immigrants who were precluded from becoming citizens by the Chinese Exclusion Act.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
At the same time, my intimate awareness of the many challenges, setbacks, and disasters of postcolonial nation building during the cold war precluded the reflexive Western attitude toward Iran of fear and loathing underpinned by near-total ignorance.
—Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2026
Reflecting the global reach of American hegemony, as well as the way the bureaucratic style of Soviet espionage precluded such individual initiative, eighteen of these thirty operatives were Americans.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The Heat schedule precluded more organizational presence, with the team hosting the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night at Kaseya Center, where the court a year ago was named in Riley’s honor, and then returning for a practice there Monday ahead of a two-game trip.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Health has precluded that in the past.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Years after his involvement in the Davis case, Zuley went to Guantanamo Bay on a special assignment while called into duty as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve, though Garrett’s defense attorneys were precluded from questioning him about his time at the detention center.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
While a handful of hospitals reinstated the care after a short pause, that hasn’t precluded some from suspending it again under further federal pressure, as Children’s Hospital Colorado did last month.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Feb. 2026
The companies contend those claims can’t proceed because they are precluded by federal law.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
In 1898, which was only thirty years after the amendment was ratified, the Supreme Court ruled definitively on the meaning of that phrase in the case of Wong Kim Ark, a man born in California to Chinese immigrants who were precluded from becoming citizens by the Chinese Exclusion Act.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precluded
Verb
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Tribal members specifically built their homes in ways that prevented bears from getting in, and learned to always sing or make noise when walking down a trail, so as not to surprise them.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The list prices of their shots are roughly $1,000 per month before insurance and other rebates, or discounts for cash-paying patients — a sum that has long prevented many others from starting and staying on treatment.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Three other vehicles with human drivers then appeared to illegally pass the stopped bus.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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The truck crossed into the eastbound lane and crashed into the stopped Kia, striking the three pedestrians, CHP said.—
Aidin Vaziri,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Mets averted disaster in the first inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Despite its status as one of the world's major oil importers, China averted the worst of the energy shock caused by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz thanks to multi-year efforts to diversify its energy mix and build up reserves.—
Joseph Wilkins,Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Precluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precluded. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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