preclude
verb (used with object)
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.
have precluded
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present perfectof preclude.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Comey had asked Currie to dismiss the case “with prejudice,” a move that would have precluded reviving the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The school also noted the deadline for undergraduate student-athletes to enter the transfer portal was in April 2023, which would have precluded football players from leaving the program in the summer or fall.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
"This may have precluded other regional bank bidders from making the math work as well as it does for JPM," they wrote.
From Reuters ● May 2, 2023
Active fires — which include both the McKinney fire and the 8,000-acre Yeti fire — have precluded a full investigation, as virtually everything upstream of Happy Camp remains evacuated, Tucker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
As, moreover, recent scares of an epidemic not unlike diphtheria have precluded the use of the birds for table purposes, the powder is burnt with no thought of the pot.
From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo
