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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
preclude .
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Examples
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Thus, neither Ms. Hernreich's role nor her title precludes her conversations from being subject to executive privilege.
Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998
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The Memorandum stresses, “[N] othing herein precludes investigation or prosecution where there is a reasonable basis to believe that compliance with state law is being invoked as a pretext for the production or distribution of marijuana for purposes not authorized by state law.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Federal Marijuana Prosecutions and State Medical Marijuana Laws 2010
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Brownlie says that “the ordinary meaning of the phrase precludes action which is preventive in character.”
ugotsoul Diary Entry ugotsoul 2003
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The same appeal to God's mercy, "for His name's sake," as our only hope, since our sin precludes trust in ourselves, occurs in Ps 25: 11. 8.
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I don’t think that the average person having a stereotype and I mean this in the psychological usage akin to prototype for a word precludes a broad understanding of the word.
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By far the most successful politician in Scotland leads a party whose very name precludes its appearance on English ballot papers.
SNP: Westminster needs to take Alex Salmond seriously | Observer editorial 2011
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I agree that the camo patrern really doesn't identify a location, but that the location of the tag precludes Missouri.
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I agree that the camo patrern really doesn't identify a location, but that the location of the tag precludes Missouri.
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This designation precludes the recognition of deferred tax benefits that result from inflationary indexing of assets and liabilities.
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This designation precludes the recognition of deferred tax benefits that result from inflationary indexing of assets and liabilities.
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