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black list

NOUN
black book
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Saturated fat has been taken off the black list.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

The data protection agency said that the tax authorities stopped using the black list in February 2020.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2022

Without citing sources, the Calcalist financial daily said Israeli police have possessed the Pegasus spyware made by Israel's NSO Group - which is now on a U.S. government black list -- since 2013.

From Reuters Jan. 18, 2022

Sheng Xue learned the Chinese government had her on its black list in 1996, when she tried to return to Beijing.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2019

The good column is but fairly good; the black list is, alas, very black.

From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Furneaux Jordan




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