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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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The association threatened to foreclose on the home if the balance wasn’t settled in full, and the family was also struggling with rising utility costs and insurance premiums, Vetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Higher prices will foreclose the chances of the over-indebted European countries’ growing their way out of their debt problem.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

If the Journal’s reporting is accurate, for example, that would also foreclose any liability.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

“Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck



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