exclusionary
Example Sentences
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“That vision of an accessible, global celebration has been undermined by a dynamic-priced ticketing model that is financially exclusionary and stands in dark contrast to the vision presented.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
"Instead of openness, cooperation and outward focus, the environment has too often felt toxic, exclusionary and deeply disheartening."
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
What he had originally understood as a welcoming LGBTQ+ community now felt exclusionary and hostile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
As the castle doctrine spread across the English colonies, including North America, it took its essential exclusionary principles with it.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2025
While I was encouraged by their militancy, I thought that their philosophy, in its concentration on blackness, was exclusionary, and represented an intermediate view that was not fully mature.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
