exclude
verb (used with object)
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
had excluded
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past perfectof exclude.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That failed deal was part of a cluster of agreements between the two nations meant to supplement the larger deal from May, which had excluded some economic sectors.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
The French aerospace-industry supplier said Friday that its new 2025 outlook includes the impact of tariffs, which the company had excluded up until now due to uncertainty about their effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Robert Perry — briefed Deputy Danny Batanero on the case and said Duran may have been a suspect, even though Rivera had excluded him just hours earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
New York-based group Human Rights Watch reported that the authorities had excluded eight other prospective candidates from the election through prosecution and imprisonment.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
Her agents had excluded a saving allusion to constitutional liberty in the manifesto of the Powers; and she had dictated the threats of vengeance on the inhabitants of Paris.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis
