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  • verb Present participle of exclude.
  • preposition to the exclusion of; not including

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Examples

  • On average, the analysts expect fourth quarter funds from operations per share (FFOPS) for the REIT sector to increase 6. 1% year-over-year, but decline 28. 1% on an operating basis, which they define as excluding non-recurring items.

    HousingWire 2010

  • Some unhappy differences of opinion among the citizens of the village as to the intentions of Mrs. Fiske in excluding from the purposes for which the funds of her gift could be used "the salaries of officers and pay of servants thereof" has caused the building to be closed for some portion of the time, for the lack of a provision, as the trustees claim, for the employment and pay of a janitor and a librarian, and these questions are not yet settled to the satisfaction of all; but it is believed that these matters will soon be determined by the courts or otherwise.

    Living in Dryden: May 2004 Archives 2004

  • Some unhappy differences of opinion among the citizens of the village as to the intentions of Mrs. Fiske in excluding from the purposes for which the funds of her gift could be used "the salaries of officers and pay of servants thereof" has caused the building to be closed for some portion of the time, for the lack of a provision, as the trustees claim, for the employment and pay of a janitor and a librarian, and these questions are not yet settled to the satisfaction of all; but it is believed that these matters will soon be determined by the courts or otherwise.

    Living in Dryden: Southworth Library 2004

  • McHugh on DADT: I have no interest in excluding people ‘otherwise qualified to serve.’

    Think Progress » Poll: Majority Of Voters Don’t Believe DADT Is Helping The Military, Support Total Repeal Of The Ban 2010

  • McHugh on DADT: I have no interest in excluding people ‘otherwise qualified to serve.’

    Think Progress » Will Scott Brown support repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? 2010

  • If Israel thinks that it is justified in excluding ships from GazaIsraeli waters, it should have waited until the ships were in Israeli waters.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity 2010

  • If Israel thinks that it is justified in excluding ships from GazaIsraeli waters, it should have waited until the ships were in Israeli waters.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity 2010

  • So, it's not exactly good news, but between the toilet tax and priority boarding fees, Reuters thinks that airlines may have run out of "perks" worth excluding from a ticket's base price.

    The Consumerist: March 2009 Archives 2009

  • The Catholic Church, in "excluding all other Christians from her table" is simply saying that those other

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Home-sales gross margin excluding items fell to 7% from 12.6%.

    Pulte's Loss Reaches $995.1 Million Nathan Becker 2010

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