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Recent Examples of blacklisted
Over the next decade, hundreds more stars and other key players in the entertainment industry were fired, purged and blacklisted in what became known as the blacklist era.
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Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklisted
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Major opposition candidates were excluded from the race in the lead-up to voting, including former Credit Suisse president Tidjane Thiam and former President Laurent Gbagbo.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Participants were relatively inactive, which was defined as walking less than 8,000 steps per day, and the study excluded people who already had major illnesses to reduce bias.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Far from being ostracized, Palestinian leaders are being courted by statesmen even while hostages remain in Gaza—even while Hamas openly vows to repeat October 7 again and again.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hamas watched in recent months as Israel has become increasingly ostracized.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the league had banned him prior to that.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Smith voluntarily resigned from the Academy, and the organization banned him from attending the Oscars or any other Academy event for 10 years.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
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The reductive street code has blackballed Gunna in the rap game, with Offset and Roddy Ricch being the sole rapper collaborators on his two post-release albums.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Early in the year, the department-run Foreign Service Institute eliminated over 1,200 courses with DEI and other diversity themes.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Farmers in Lebanon didn't seem keen on how recent developments had eliminated so much farmland, and several Zionsville residents emphasized how people living in rural areas of the town especially cherished their scenery.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Harmses had been excommunicated from the church, and a current and a former church leader obtained protection orders, Bleazard said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The city announced in a news release that CJR Construction Group of Raytown has been debarred for two years, meaning the company cannot receive city contracts during that time.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Betting on college sports remains prohibited.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pino carried out this change despite a Miami-Dade judge’s order in the couple’s long-running divorce case that prohibited him from disposing of their marital assets, according to her lawyers.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisted. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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