preclude

Example Sentences

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Even if a bubble already has burst, “that doesn’t preclude a big correction in the index if corporate earnings falter,” Higgins wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 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

Experts noted that the agreement does not preclude companies from using fossil fuels to meet growing energy demand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Gustav von Aschenbach might be a literary light of early 20th-century Munich, but that doesn’t preclude him from wanting a break from workaday life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The distance between close “neighbors,” even if it were considerably less than the average, would seem to preclude frequent popping in for a chat.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos