excludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of exclude
as in bans
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 excludes That figure excludes its largest heavy-duty trucks, which are classified differently. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Per iSpot, the Kelces have accounted for nearly 14% of all ad airings featuring celebrity talent during NFL games thus far, a tally that excludes network promos, streaming show promos and trailers. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Moreover, that $100 million plus projection captures just the store-level opportunity and excludes upside from Hoka’s nationwide online availability on Academy’s website, Matuszewski said. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 The final version excludes resale marketplaces from the definition of a speculative ticket seller. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Germany’s culture minister said that plans to fund Berlin’s arts scene should not support cultural programming that excludes Jewish artists. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The sticking point in debate negotiations was over whether Marshall qualified under a provision in Nexstar’s national debate participation criteria that excludes candidates who didn’t raise at least 25% of their campaign funds from in-state donors. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 The sticker price also excludes the follow-up imaging, specialist visits and biopsies that incidental findings often trigger, expenses that can quickly outstrip the original scan. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 But like many clinical trials, TAPUR excludes patients with primary brain tumors — like Henderson's. — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excludes
  1. bans
  2. eliminates
  3. prohibits
  4. prevents
  5. bars
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  • Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Thursday’s announcement formally bans Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and four other companies from the permanent labor certification process.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bans
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  • Kwon said the South Korean military removed a North Korean minefield around the blast site on Monday and will remove other North Korean minefields placed south of the border unless North Korea voluntarily eliminates them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The New Advantages So how can small companies compete as AI eliminates the old advantages?
    — Bonnie Le Page, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of eliminates
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  • The law prohibits federal officials from stationing troops or armed personnel at polling places, except when necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • California law allows police to share license plate reader data with other California public agencies, but prohibits sharing it with federal and out-of-state agencies.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibits
Verb
  • Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that allowing the case to move forward prevents the lower court from considering Pike’s allegations from her childhood.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Newsom signed a similar bill that prevents federal agents from becoming police in California if their federal badge was revoked for misconduct.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of prevents
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  • Immigration and the border California law bars local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials except in the cases of people convicted of certain high-level felonies.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The law bars discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs that receive federal money.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of bars

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“Excludes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excludes. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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