black list

Example Sentences

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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

So Gobelot the innocent was only warned to be more careful another time, and my name is probably inscribed on some black list at the Pr�fecture.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix