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black list

NOUN
black book
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Saturated fat has been taken off the black list.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

"This measure is designed to encourage those on the black list to change their behaviour," the ministry said in a statement.

From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2023

The data protection agency said that the tax authorities stopped using the black list in February 2020.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

Sheng Xue learned the Chinese government had her on its black list in 1996, when she tried to return to Beijing.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2019

John Bill had heard that statement questioned, and he mentally added their names to his black list.

From The Mystery of the Locks by Edgar Watson Howe


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