excluded 1 of 2

adjective

as in stopped

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excluded

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verb

past tense of exclude
as in banned
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the revelation that the candidate had excluded journalists from certain news outlets from the press briefing

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Recent Examples of excluded
Verb
For some clubs that were running close to the wire under PSR, the shift will ease regulatory worries, as operating costs are now excluded. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Some farmers have crop damage that is not severe enough to warrant an insurance claim, so those numbers are excluded from our analysis. — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Emergency responses remain excluded from the definition of work requiring a permit, though emergency situation would still require prior express consent. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Although umbrella insurance is far from perfect ― for instance, intentional acts are generally excluded ― umbrella insurance can provide much larger coverage amounts for things already covered by other policies with lower limits. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 That question circulated across the United States six years ago as the country reckoned with racial injustice in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, including who is represented by, or excluded from, our public symbols. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Cash deposits, personal checks, internal transfers, transfers from your account at another bank or from peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps like Venmo are typically excluded. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 This is partly because women have historically been excluded from and underrepresented in biomedical research — the same is true for psychedelics. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026 Forests and other land-use projects are excluded for now while the country develops stronger baselines and data to manage reversal risks. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excluded
  1. stopped
  2. banned
  3. precluded
  4. eliminated
  5. refused
  6. barred
  7. suppressed
  8. prohibited
Adjective
  • Three other vehicles with human drivers then appeared to illegally pass the stopped bus.
    — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Following the January 2025 midair collision at Reagan National Airport, helicopters were also banned from a four-mile stretch of the neighboring Potomac River when flights were landing.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In different cases, Cirilli has taken on the NCAA and several universities across the country over transgender women athletes being banned from competing in sports events.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of banned
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
Definition of precluded
Verb
  • Lawmakers eliminated the daily reporting requirement and shift responsibility for tracking and publicizing enforcement activity to local and state agencies.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Six schools have closed, and 1,000 positions were eliminated because of budget cuts and declining enrollment.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminated
Adjective
  • Eight were transported to a local hospital and four refused transport.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Definition of refused
Verb
  • Min Aung Hlaing has since been barred from attending top-level meetings for failing to comply with the plan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Cloobeck and Lavie had publicly announced plans to get married in Jerusalem, but Lavie was subsequently barred from leaving the state due to her pending criminal case.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of barred
Adjective
  • General Manager Ken Holland hinted at potentially being done after trading center Phillip Danault for a draft pick in December and acquiring Panarin at a suppressed price in February, though he has been known to under-promise often and, sometimes, over-deliver.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Supervising sound editor Alastair Sirkett told IndieWire that Peter Claffey’s big, former-rugby-player frame really helps that moment sing with suppressed panic.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • The hospital is required to update the list monthly and prohibited from removing someone from the list, whether or not anything in their medical record has changed.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • However, Canada's border policy at the time prohibited most unvaxxed foreign nationals from entering the country.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibited

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