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preclude

[pri-klood] / prɪˈklud /


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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 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

Even if a bubble already has burst, “that doesn’t preclude a big correction in the index if corporate earnings falter,” Higgins wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 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

High reliefs largely preclude this kind of pictorialism.

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




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