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Definition of exclude
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Synonyms & Antonyms for exclude
Synonyms
ban, bar, close out, count (out), debar, eliminate, except, freeze out, rule out, shut out
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Examples of exclude in a Sentence
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She and her friend are definitely intimate -- in that she is privately connected with him, as well as excluding you in the process. — Ask Amy, oregonlive, "Ask Amy: Girlfriend, ex are intimate even if -- and that’s a big ‘if’ -- it’s not physical," 2 Sep. 2019 She and her friend are definitely intimate -- in that she is privately connected with him, as well as excluding you in the process. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Amy: Father leaves some sons less than others," 2 Sep. 2019 The cone of uncertainty, showing possible paths for the storm’s center, excludes Broward and Miami-Dade counties but includes the rest of the Florida coast to the north. — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, "Hurricane Dorian’s path continues away from Florida in 2 p.m. update from National Hurricane Center," 31 Aug. 2019 The judge said that the animals could be considered as bribes, refuting an earlier decision by the Seoul high court that excluded them as bribes, according to news agency Yonhap. — Jane Li, Quartz, "Samsung just can’t leave South Korea’s worst influence-peddling scandal behind," 29 Aug. 2019 The bargain is perhaps not worth the use of your personal information to, say, exclude you from a job or housing listing based on your race or gender. — Molly Wood, WIRED, "The Ethics of Hiding Your Data From the Machines," 22 Aug. 2019 All three players had expected to play a part in the club's league campaign this summer, but a series of last-gasp transfers forced Bruce to exclude them. — SI.com, "Steve Bruce Reveals Reasons Behind Newcastle's Premier League Squad Exclusions," 22 Aug. 2019 This attitude is often insulting, even painful, to the Arctic’s indigenous people, especially because such promises of opportunity have nearly always excluded them. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "A thawing Arctic is heating up a new Cold War," 21 Aug. 2019 The present support system, according to advocacy groups, effectively ignores scores of homeless families—excluding them from public discourse and locking them out of crucial support. — Brian Goldstone, The New Republic, "The New American Homeless," 21 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exclude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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