Example Sentences

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But as a matter of law, the TPS statute precludes judicial review.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Some ranchers want to be able to shoot the broad-muzzled canids, something their protected status precludes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025

I have heard more than a little hissing and roaring through the factory door, but my presently somewhat enervated condition precludes a descent into that particular inferno at the moment.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole