preclude
Example Sentences
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Its rules preclude anyone from taking snaps inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Along with all the other abuses uncovered during the Watergate era, new rules governing the FBI were put in place to preclude such abuses from happening again.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
"This outcome should make plain that time does not preclude a successful prosecution; we will doggedly pursue justice for the victims of non-recent crimes, no matter how many decades have passed."
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition, said that the federal prosecution of a man accused of starting the earlier blaze does not preclude the department from discussing its actions surrounding both fires.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
An examination was quietly begun by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency off the bank premises to preclude local panic.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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