embargoed

verb

past tense of embargo
as in excluded

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  1. excluded
  2. prevented
  3. precluded
  4. deprived
  5. shut out
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  • The 33-year-old right-hander was excluded from the team’s postseason rosters.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the earlier trials, three convictions were tossed out, including one when the prosecutor improperly excluded African Americans from the jury.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • But a locked gate on the dock prevented him from getting close.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The complaint argues that more than half of those deaths could have been prevented.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of prevented
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  • Fincher informed him that his Netflix deal precluded him from returning to the director’s chair.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For their critics, understanding it as a response to the brutal occupation precluded calling it evil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of precluded
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  • Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the high court's 7-2 decision in 2019 that the removal of Black prospective jurors deprived Flowers of a fair trial.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This deprived the treasurers of huge assets that otherwise could have been invested to generate billions of dollars for the pensions — a gap present-day taxpayers must fill.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of deprived
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  • Notre Dame, which shut out Rice 52-0 in the second game, hasn’t had two shutouts in one season since 2002, when the Fighting Irish beat Maryland 22-0 and Rutgers 42-0.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026
  • For generations, the series showed, white men had dominated the department, while Black and women firefighters had been ostracized and put in danger, shut out of the most desirable fire stations and passed over for promotions.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
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