as in to prevent
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
issued a strict schedule for doing household chores so as to preclude any arguments
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Recent Examples of preclude
Also note that if the borrower asserted these defense and lost on the merits, the guarantor will be precluded by either claim preclusion (res judicata) or issue preclusion (collateral estoppel) from relitigating those defenses.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
That conservatism may also preclude another option – embracing a warming neighboring region and pursuing a new agreement with Washington.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Strict in-and-out times may also preclude homeless Portlanders with jobs.
—K. Rambo, ProPublica, 11 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian watched the video but precluded it as evidence and said the relevance is minimal.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
That conservatism may also preclude another option – embracing a warming neighboring region and pursuing a new agreement with Washington.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Strict in-and-out times may also preclude homeless Portlanders with jobs.
—K. Rambo, ProPublica, 11 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian watched the video but precluded it as evidence and said the relevance is minimal.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preclude
Verb
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Until now, there was no centralized system in place to prevent double billing, which enabled overpayments to go unnoticed.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Engineering teams that achieve maximum resilience focus on designing recovery systems while investing in observability tools and automation for response capabilities rather than preventing all failures.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 July 2025
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Carney posted a 114-word response on X late Thursday that appeared to avert further escalation of trade tensions while striking a firm posture in defense of Canada's economic interests.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 July 2025
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“Preclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preclude. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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