preclude
verb (used with object)
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.
is precluding
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present progressiveof preclude (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I think that trying to make K work for those families who need a full-day, full-year option in order to work is what is precluding them from enrolling them in K.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Carlson wished to extend his hours to dinner, according to his lawyer, Stanley Woodward Jr. of Akin Gump, but “the policy proposed by Marcus Partners is precluding him from reasonably doing that.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2018
