Recent Examples on the WebThe exclusion undermines the social and health benefits that youth sports have long offered.—Adam Minter, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2024 At the time, a Volvo lobbyist requested an exclusion for its mid-size SUVs imported from China, saying in an October 2018 letter that the duties would cause economic harm to consumers and auto workers.—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024 These examples are surely instructive on their own, but the exclusion of so many other countries that have fared more poorly prevents the reader from learning from failure as well as triumph.—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 For example, throughout the 20th century, border states cooperated with federal authorities in enforcing exclusion and deportation.—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024 This legacy of exclusion had a long-lasting impact.—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 2 Apr. 2024 Groups that have been calling for boycotts of Israel, like the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel, have cited that 2022 decision as grounds for Israel’s exclusion.—James Farrell, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 The foundation's mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, distress due to illness, and social exclusion.—The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2024 Before the Civil War and Reconstruction, Congress played almost no role in regulating the admission, exclusion, or removal of immigrants.—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere
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