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[blak-list] / ˈblækˌlɪst /


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Commerce’s undersecretary for security, Alan Estevez, started the bureaucratic process for the blacklist, but got a call redirecting the path.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Brussels said it was imposing sanctions on nine people and four entities, while London said it was adding 24 names to its blacklist.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

“You can imagine how companies are going to quickly blacklist, for lack of a better phrase, those sorts of consumers for trying to engage in that behavior,” Sudit said.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

The Brotherhood is a century-old Islamist group that renounced violence in the 1970s, though spinoffs such as Hamas remain active and on the U.S. blacklist.

From Salon May 19, 2026

His job was gone and his name was on the blacklist.

From Labor and Freedom by Debs, Eugene V.

The U.S. agreed to pause the implementation of a new rule, unveiled last month, that would add more Chinese firms to government blacklists.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2025

One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2024

Of those, just under a third are now on U.S blacklists.

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2023

Matters concerning salaries should always be confidential, and so should personal items such as health reports, character references, and so on, credit reports, blacklists, and other information of a similar nature.

From The Book of Business Etiquette by Henney, Nella




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