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[ik-sklood] / ɪkˈsklud /


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The dean of the law school lobbied McInnis to exclude the law school from negotiations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Each would exclude companies determined by fund managers to be “founded, controlled or led by” Musk, or which he is “primarily associated” with as a major shareholder or founder.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

The defence team, led by attorney Kathy Nester, has sought to exclude much of the evidence and have the death penalty taken off the table.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The UN worries that the new focus on strategic sectors along with the use of subsidies and other incentives by those with deep pockets will exclude many countries from an established path to higher incomes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

I thought it was a way to exclude me even further from the case, reduce me to nothing, and, in a sense, substitute himself for me.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

Precisely because food and energy prices can be very volatile, the Bank of England also considers other economic measures such as "core inflation", which excludes these costs.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

It also excludes walk-ins and any more reservations made throughout the day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Waller said core inflation—which excludes volatile food and energy prices—has risen from 3% in December to 3.4% in May, and said the increase predated the Iran war’s energy shock.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Core earnings per share, which excludes nonrecurring items, rose to $2.20 from $2.12 a year ago and topped the FactSet EPS consensus of $2.19.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

The clay hypothesis hardly excludes life on Mars, but it certainly carries us far enough to say that there is no compelling evidence for microbiology on Mars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

No issue facing Southeast Asia's foreign ministers has been more fraught than how to reintegrate Myanmar, a member state formally excluded from such summits since its military junta seized power in 2021.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Goldman excluded “the most clearly AI-related stocks, including both the beneficiaries of infrastructure spending and companies perceived to be at risk from disruption.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

However, the authors note that this choice could also have excluded some genuinely weak extraterrestrial signals.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Terrified of the world, but determined to better understand what she’s been excluded from for so long, she’s determined to imagine her way into reality.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Those words excluded him utterly from the world.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Also of interest to Wall Street are automotive gross margins excluding credits, a measure of the health of Tesla’s core vehicle business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Previously, 3M expected 4% revenue growth for the year with organic sales growth, excluding acquisitions and other exceptional items, of about 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

A small kitchenette installed on each floor cost nearly 8,000 euros, excluding appliances.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Even before the latest escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the market expected the country would need several weeks to resume production and shipments, excluding any damaged capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Drew followed, but Erin kept her back to him, excluding him from the conversation.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan




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