preclude
Example Sentences
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Powell sticking it out, even for a few more months, precludes that option.
From Barron's
"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
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
“If the merger does occur, nothing precludes the department from taking an enforcement action in the future if anticompetitive effects are found,” the spokeswoman said.
It also isn’t clear that the Donroe Doctrine precludes interventions outside the Western Hemisphere.
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