preclude
verb (used with object)
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.
had precluded
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past perfectof preclude.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And the restrictions on travellers in recent months had precluded many foreigners from visiting, reports showed.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2022
A federal appeals court Monday vacated a man’s gun conviction in a lower court in Northern California because COVID-19 protocols had precluded the public from observing his trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
A Brazilian law adopted in May 2015, it turns out, had precluded the sharing of human genetic materials—including blood specimens containing Zika—collected in Brazil with international investigators.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2016
The rain and their differing schedules had precluded a formal apology, García said Tuesday, adding that he had left a handwritten note in Woods’s locker.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2013
A small megaphone stood upon the table at Ruth’s hand, and its use had precluded Helen’s recognition of her chum’s voice as the latter led in the ritual of the fraternity.
From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Alice B. Emerson
