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blacklist

[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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For condominiums, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac blacklist buildings with significant deferred maintenance or thin reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

At the same time, frightened sailors who don't fulfil their contracts by abandoning ship will have difficulties finding future employment as shipping companies may blacklist them.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The company is also dealing with the fallout of its dispute with the U.S. government, which decided to blacklist Anthropic on Friday and to designate the company a supply-chain risk from a national-security perspective.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Additional accusations included sharing classified documents, putting artists critical of her policies on a "blacklist", and dismissing officials who opposed her.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Using an assumed name to avoid the blacklist he worked at the latter place for a short time to familiarize himself with job conditions, subsequently returning to Everett.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.




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