excludes

VERB

expel, forbid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban bar block boycott eliminate ignore omit ostracize preclude prevent prohibit refuse reject remove rule out suspend

STRONG

bate blackball blacklist bounce debar disallow eject embargo evict except interdict obviate occlude oust proscribe repudiate sideline veto

WEAK

close out count out drive out estop force out get rid of keep out leave out lock out pass over put out refuse admittance set aside shut out shut the door on throw out ward off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept add allow approve choose include keep let go open permit ratify sanction support welcome

STRONG

admit help take in

WEAK

incorporate take on

Example Sentences

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excludes

The trimmed-mean CPI, which excludes the 8% fastest- and 8% slowest-rising components by weight and averages the remainder, rose 4.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

But even the core index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3%, the same as in August and September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

DBS also expects core inflation, which excludes food and fuel, to rise to between 4.5% and 4.6%, partly as services prices increase and the effects of earlier indirect-tax changes drop out of the annual comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Note: Medicare share excludes associated receipts, such as Medicare premiums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 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

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