- present tense form of exclude (3rd person singular).
excludes
Example Sentences
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The adjusted loss per share, which excludes nonrecurring items, narrowed to 76 cents from $1.24, but that was much wider than the average per-share loss estimate, 17 cents, compiled by FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Net bookings", the company's preferred revenue yardstick which excludes some deferred sales, was down slightly less in April-June, falling nine percent to 256 million euros.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Precisely because food and energy prices can be very volatile, the Bank of England also considers other economic measures such as "core inflation", which excludes these costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
After seeing Tuesday’s consumer-inflation numbers, many economists estimated that the core version of the PCE index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose by 0.1% or 0.2% last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It thus systematically excludes from consideration the very feature which makes scientific arguments distinctive: their appeal to superior evidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
