black list

Example Sentences

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Saturated fat has been taken off the black list.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

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

North Korea and Iran remain the only two countries on the FATF’s high-risk black list.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

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

We may turn now to the less debatable items in Henry’s character, and say which shall go into the black list and which into the white.

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