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to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
another loss would rule them out of the tournament
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Recent Examples of ruled out
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Mainstream parties from the left to the right have ruled out joining a coalition with them.
—CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) quickly ruled out sending a spacecraft to study the comet due to its high speed and the limited time in our solar system.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Sydney Sweeney hasn’t completely ruled out getting her 007 on.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
A couple of thunderstorms cannot be ruled out either.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Nor can it be ruled out that China, while normally cautious, might instead act decisively against Taiwan at a point of crisis for Kyiv, since the West would likely be more distracted.
—Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Last week, Daniels suffered a hamstring strain and has already been ruled out, meaning the Commanders will turn to veteran backup Marcus Mariota, who last started at Arrowhead against the Chiefs in the 2017 Wild Card Round.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Investigators are keeping all leads open, but foreign interference has reportedly been largely ruled out in the case.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
These analyses ruled out explanations like recency bias, where animals simply favor the most recent signal, or responding to the most obvious cue.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Mainstream parties from the left to the right have ruled out joining a coalition with them.
—CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) quickly ruled out sending a spacecraft to study the comet due to its high speed and the limited time in our solar system.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Sydney Sweeney hasn’t completely ruled out getting her 007 on.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
A couple of thunderstorms cannot be ruled out either.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Nor can it be ruled out that China, while normally cautious, might instead act decisively against Taiwan at a point of crisis for Kyiv, since the West would likely be more distracted.
—Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Last week, Daniels suffered a hamstring strain and has already been ruled out, meaning the Commanders will turn to veteran backup Marcus Mariota, who last started at Arrowhead against the Chiefs in the 2017 Wild Card Round.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Investigators are keeping all leads open, but foreign interference has reportedly been largely ruled out in the case.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruled out
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Trump levied his greatest assault against the international economic order, announcing the most expansive set of tariffs in American history on both autocratic adversaries and America’s closest democratic allies in April 2025 (Russia was strikingly excluded).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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ISPs without a 2-gig or faster tier were excluded to ensure the rankings reflect the top-performing, next-generation networks available in 2025.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The government banned the import, possession, use, manufacturing and distribution of all vapes in the Maldives in late 2024, regardless of age.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country's largest opposition party Chadema was banned from contesting the elections and its leader Tundu Lissu is currently on trial on treason charges.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mochen claimed, and text messages from Kaliyev appear to confirm to the Post, that Kaliyev was even barred from practices over the unpaid debts.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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As the search for Melodee continues, relatives have claimed Ashlee barred the child's paternal family from seeing her for years, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Gabbie Monagle-Fleming scored twice and Teagan Graham had two assists as Concord-Carlisle (9-1-4) shut out Wayland 3-0 in Dual County League play.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs shut out the Raiders 31-0 on Sunday in what might have been the most dominant regular-season win of Andy Reid’s 27-year head-coaching career.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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After New York helped the ladies decorate their cakes for the next 120 seconds, Dan ultimately eliminated one of them in pursuit of the prize.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite being a favorite among her fellow contestants, she was eliminated from the group’s running early on.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The documents contained details of disciplinary action and indicated that Sherrill was prohibited from participating in her 1994 graduation ceremony after declining to identify classmates implicated in a cheating incident.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The Fifteenth Amendment had prohibited denying or abridging voting rights based on race, color, or conditions of previous servitude.—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, Bush told PEOPLE that Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife, actress Hailee Steinfeld, have previously put on the party, but work commitments prevented Steinfeld from continuing the tradition.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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While the government shutdown has prevented data sharing from any NASA missions that have observed the comet since October 1, the ESA’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter attempted to capture views of 3I/ATLAS in October.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Ruled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruled%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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