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Hallucinations preclude AI autonomy and automation in any high-stakes environment.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

U.S. officials say that the country’s defense industry has been bombed heavily, which will preclude Iran from quickly making more missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Along with all the other abuses uncovered during the Watergate era, new rules governing the FBI were put in place to preclude such abuses from happening again.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

Experts noted that the agreement does not preclude companies from using fossil fuels to meet growing energy demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

He’d gone through a repentance process so he could cleanse himself of the behavior that would preclude him from going on a mission.

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

As in 1988, the society's future bishops will be consecrated without assigned jurisdiction from Rome, in a situation the group claims precludes any schism or excommunication -- though the Vatican views the matter differently.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“If the merger does occur, nothing precludes the department from taking an enforcement action in the future if anticompetitive effects are found,” the spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

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

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

I could have claimed Austrian retirement on my 65th birthday in 2023, but concerns about the Windfall Elimination Provision interfering with my Social Security benefits precluded this.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

Even though the government did not clarify whether Vidovic had served his time, it said a criminal sentence precluded him from holding public office.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

The exhaust whistle, coupled with the natural engine noises, precluded the necessity of Mister Scales’ giving any further notice about the car’s arrival at its destination.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

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

His ability to remix and rematch pieces adds depth to his closet, precluding the need for a bigger one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 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