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Latinos don’t have enough of a presence in the Southern California literary canon, and that exclusion is even more pronounced for Latinas.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Rather than add exclusions on a fire-by-fire basis, as California has done, a state could conform its rules to the new federal exclusion, which is not limited to any particular wildfire.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Before the exclusion in 2021, 72 percent of Prime packages in the affected areas were delivered within two days.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
None of the Mountain West teams that forfeited matches against San José State this season explicitly stated a reason for doing so, but players for the University of Nevada, Reno held a rally on Oct. 26 advocating for the exclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of exclusion was
in the 15th century
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusion. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
iks-ˈklü-zhən
: surgical separation of part of an organ from the rest without excision
Legal Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
ik-ˈsklü-zhən
1
: the act of excluding or state of being excluded
specifically
: refusal of entry into the U.S. by immigration officials
review of deportation and exclusion orders
compare deportation
2
: something that excludes or is excluded: as
a
: a part of an insurance contract that excludes specified risks from coverage compare condition, declaration
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