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exclusionary

[ik-skloo-zhuh-ner-ee] / ɪkˈsklu ʒəˌnɛr i /




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Journalist Prabhu Chawla criticised clubs like the Gymkhana as exclusionary institutions operating on heavily subsidised public land.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Some are backing away from exclusionary discipline like suspensions and expulsions and have embraced schoolwide approaches that reward positive behavior and provide social skills practice through games and role-playing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

“Describe any other exclusionary conduct on the part of Netflix that would reasonably appear capable of entrenching market or monopoly power,” the agency asked in the subpoena, sent to another entertainment company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

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




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