Example Sentences

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Byrne, though he has blacked out some of what occurred, can’t forget it.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Silence is also a particularly ineffective tactic for a social media campaign: In order to see that a woman has blacked out her avatar, she must be posting and participating in the social media conversation.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2018

A player lockout has blacked out the first two months of the National Hockey League season.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 15, 2012

This is not the first time a distributor has blacked out Viacom's channels due to a contract dispute.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2012

I am black but comely at this moment: because the cyclostyle has blacked me.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie