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It is also thought a change of job title would not preclude Venter from his contractual responsibilities.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mozeliak insists he has not decided what he wants to do beyond the season, and he said his long working relationship with Flores in St. Louis will not preclude a round of interviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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

To preclude lawmakers considering more radical moves such as allowing video cameras to record Fed meetings, Greenspan led his colleagues to approve the release of policy-meeting transcripts with a five-year lag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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 local “Happy Hour” regulation makes it difficult for bars to discount drinks and precludes them from delivering more than two drinks to a person at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 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," 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

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

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

One habit that precluded improvement was their reading of trivial romantic novels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 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