foreclose
forecloses
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present tense formof foreclose (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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If the U.S. legally forecloses this question while other nations leave it open, we risk being strategically blindsided.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
In “Class,” however, that anger forecloses the greatest gift of the memoir genre, which is self-reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
“This Court’s longstanding precedent forecloses applicants’ attempt to have the courts look behind the request’s stated legislative purpose to the subjective motives of individual legislators,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
"Deseret power is not meeting its legal obligation to exercise diligence, because its contract seemingly all but forecloses Deseret Power from using the water itself," he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
“The bank forecloses on people’s farms and throws them off their land, and they don’t even appreciate it.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
