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foreclosed

  • past participle
    of foreclose.
    foreclose
  • past tense form
    of foreclose.
    foreclose

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So you’ve got regulation and legislation basically foreclosed by Supreme Court decisions, and that leaves litigation.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

He shows her ideas taking shape at desks where classifications opened or foreclosed futures, within organizations charged with apportioning the remnants of an inheritance among the living.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Colony Ridge foreclosed on the property three years later, even though Acevedo said she was making payments.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

Virginia does not have a “right of redemption,” so homeowners are generally not permitted to repurchase the foreclosed property.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026

But the Website I’d found had been very specific about there being this huge parcel of oft- foreclosed land that no one had ever managed to develop.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green