preclude

France’s size and its membership in the eurozone seem to preclude it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said the vetting landscape in 2009, though not as strict as today, should still have meant Greer's past would preclude entry to the police.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Would spending in one area preclude spending in another?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

"This doesn't preclude some relatively minor modification of the fiscal rules to allow somewhat more borrowing for investment, but not for current spending," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The distance between close “neighbors,” even if it were considerably less than the average, would seem to preclude frequent popping in for a chat.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The speed restrictions "effectively precludes" anything connected to the network going above 100mph, Whittington said, making drone navigation difficult within Ukraine and Russian-occupied territory inside Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He compressed the time-scale to such an extent that, watching the movie, one is drawn into a gathering tide of events that precludes reflection or analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Powell sticking it out, even for a few more months, precludes that option.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

"We are dedicated to serving our community with full transparency; however, the law precludes us from doing so while the court order remains in this case," Dr Ukpo added.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

“Absolutely. Owls are wise. They are carefu and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

But some of them seemed to dispute the defence's claim that postpartum psychosis - a rare post-childbirth condition characterised by mania and depression - precluded Clancy from criminal liability.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

According to the article, the design at the time precluded development on the eagles’ lakefront hunting grounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Reading the Westfall Act with close “attention to its text,” he concluded, shows that Congress has not precluded laws like Maine’s.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

Comey had asked Currie to dismiss the case “with prejudice,” a move that would have precluded reviving the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

It precluded anyone from treating zero as a number.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Under the provisions of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, regulations governing the flag had become "a transferred prerogative matter", precluding Her Majesty's "command on flags … having any legal effect in Northern Ireland".

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025

“What they want to do is get people up and running to start building the bank, rather than precluding people at the front end,” Portilla said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

The Hertz rental had burned down to its frame, precluding the collection of DNA evidence, Det.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025

By comparison, even the best available practical hydrogen storage tanks allow the gas to leak out at a rate of about 1 percent per day, precluding any uses that would require year-long storage, Li says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

Whether one agrees with this approach or not, the building testifies to the strength of Wright’s vision by precluding any other way of seeing the art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson