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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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Higher prices will foreclose the chances of the over-indebted European countries’ growing their way out of their debt problem.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

This does not, of course, foreclose another question: Does the book add anything of additional value—defining the term, loosely, to include perspective and narrative fluency?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

If the Journal’s reporting is accurate, for example, that would also foreclose any liability.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Hospital bills arrived daily; the uninsured roofer had sent a lawyer after them, as had Grover, who stood ready to foreclose.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen



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