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disallow

[dis-uh-lou] / ˌdɪs əˈlaʊ /


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Some, including Robinhood and SoFi, say they will disallow or limit allocations for people who have participated in IPOs in the past and have “flipped” shares, selling them within 30 days of the offering.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

They were only rescued by an agonizing video review that took over 4 minutes to disallow the goal.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

The VAR intervened to disallow it, and the Gunners claimed a crucial 1-0 win.

From BBC May 11, 2026

The existing players in cybersecurity provide businesses with complex firewalls: software that identifies customers’ internal users of data, and tools that allow or disallow access to information for parties external to the customer.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

The motion sought to disallow the testimony of David Strayer, the professor at the University of Utah, who is expert in distracted driving.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

But his claim was rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals under a 1994 precedent that disallows using such lawsuits to collaterally attack criminal convictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

In New York, redistricting rules are set by a constitutional amendment that disallows mid-decade redistricting and partisan gerrymandering.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2025

Jin, who turned 30 in December, had faced an impending conscription because the law disallows most South Korean men from further delaying their services after they turn 30.

From Washington Times Apr. 18, 2023

They say the signature “should only include” name, title, college address and phone number, which faculty see as a ruling that disallows pronouns.

From Seattle Times Mar. 30, 2023

Now God approves or disallows things divers ways: 1.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

Over the first 10 rounds of the season, Samuelsson said, officials have reported five situations where a goal was wrongfully disallowed or should not have stood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Spain had a goal disallowed in similar fashion, with Pau Cubarsi penalised for a foul on Austria goalkeeper Alexander Schlager.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

But Casemiro's vulnerability in open space was always a problem - clear in the second minute when Norway had a goal disallowed.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Ronaldo, too, had a nifty goal disallowed when VAR showed him offside by a shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

I was disallowed the use of the house’s library, for fear that liberty amongst the volumes there would allow me to study and so unfairly prejudice the results of the experiment.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Haaland’s push on England’s Elliott Anderson led to video replay disallowing a go-ahead strike, which briefly appeared to have given Norway a second-half lead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Instead of disallowing conversations about “imminent real-world harm” and self-harm, it placed them in a category in which the model was instructed to simply “take extra care” with users.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

Two of the parents blamed their daughters' absences on school policies disallowing access to toilets during lessons, preventing them from changing sanitary products.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2024

What reason did the Court give for disallowing race to be among many explicit factors considered?

From Salon Jun. 30, 2023

Another February 8 motion was aimed at disallowing the prosecution from using anything in the trial that Reggie had said to Rindlisbacher at the scene of the accident, and en route to the hospital.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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