preclude
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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
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
"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
That could preclude many policies to increase housing supply, which most economists agree is the strongest way to make homes more affordable.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
“I rather hope to satisfy you both,” said Emma, “for I shall do all in my power to make them happy, which will be enough for Isabella; and happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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