preclude
verb (used with object)
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible.
preclusion
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a word derived from
preclude.
Example Sentences
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He said the question of whether that preclusion against purges applies to the removal of noncitizens is an issue that is currently before the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"The chambers rejects the petition for preclusion of the investigation for the crimes of penal bribery and procedural fraud."
From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 2022
“The negative decision of the Friars cannot be seen as a preclusion to going ahead with Fr. Judge’s cause,” Escalante wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
How could she engage in ritual, a shared family practice of eating, with such an encompassing dietary preclusion?
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2021
I have, in a former letter, alluded to the prevalence of the Presbyterian church government in Mississippi, to the preclusion of Congregationalists.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
