How to Use to the exclusion of in a Sentence
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Even the Hot 100 bears witness to the exclusion of Latin music.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
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At least this is the standard narrative written by and about men to the exclusion of women.
—Sarah Lacy, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
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The inner lives that did interest him could be found, of course, in his art, a calling that absorbed and obsessed him to the exclusion of all else.
—Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
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Many countries perceive the West as focused on the Ukraine war to the exclusion of other urgent challenges.
—Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
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Maybe, merely by wishing it so to the exclusion of all else, Colton has found himself back in a moment when the dead cat, and therefore his dead friend, was still alive.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
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Tony shrugs off criticisms that the company caters only to the affluent to the exclusion of the 99 percent.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
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Who is allowed to use this technology to make their message very loud, to the exclusion of other messages?
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
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But this is, in a nutshell, a major problem plaguing the Republican Party: a need to please the base to the exclusion of everyone else.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
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While connecting with role models and mentors, don’t rely on them to the exclusion of your own instincts, attitudes and ideas.
—Bija Bennett, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
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Namely, focusing on growth to the exclusion of all else sets the stage for dropping the ball on client service—not to mention the execution of client strategy.
—Bill Keen, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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That their voices have been lovingly preserved in these pages, almost to the exclusion of more contemporary ones, may have been by design.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
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Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
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But emphasizing it unevenly, or to the exclusion of what unites us, can have pernicious effects.
—Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 23 Mar. 2021
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The group is not arguing that Biden should pick Latter-day Saints to the exclusion of other applicants or should institute some sort of religious quota.
—Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
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The new study says that the great white shark is an inappropriate analogue for O. megalodon, Cooper notes, but the new research also uses the great white shark for its comparisons of body form to the exclusion of other sharks.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
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Last season, for example, brought us the Prada tank top that everyone recognizes basically to the exclusion of the rest of the collection.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Sep. 2022
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In his interview with Klein, Shor blamed those losses mostly on the race’s focus on immigration to the exclusion of economic issues.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
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The researchers believe that, over time, older drivers become intensely focused on not hitting anything directly in front of the car—to the exclusion of other goals.
—Wray Herbert, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
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But financial experts caution against saving for retirement to the exclusion of other goals.
—Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 21 Dec. 2023
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Her administration has been focused on the issue since assuming office, at times to the exclusion of other areas.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
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Adam is an effective and dedicated doctor, too often to the exclusion of anything human.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
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Some public health experts, however, warn that the strong privacy focus of Google-Apple, to the exclusion of other important factors, may limit the value of the apps in tackling the pandemic.
—Bernard Wolfson, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2020
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Libertarians, for their part, are obsessed with liberty to the exclusion of other values.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
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Lots of big stories out there getting little coverage by pretend journalists locked on the Trump indictment, conveniently to the exclusion of all of Biden's disasters.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 June 2023
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By contrast, many successful mathematicians appeared to be obsessed with math to the exclusion of everything else.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
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Introduction To Bias Bias refers to a conscious or unconscious preference toward a particular group, often to the exclusion of others.
—Zehra Cataltepe, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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Understanding complexity requires an expansive view of the world that is incompatible with fetishizing race to the exclusion of all other variables.
—Ari Blaff, National Review, 30 July 2021
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According to Kilmer, the society’s director, many of Washington’s early markers focused on the activities of the region’s first white settlers, to the exclusion of much older histories of the state’s Native population.
—John Garrison Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
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The rule is meant to prevent jurors from fixating on certain evidence to the exclusion of other evidence, explained Mary Moriarty, the former chief public defender for Hennepin County.
—Michael Tarm, ajc, 31 Mar. 2021
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The company is also dedicated to the exclusion of synthetic chemicals.
—Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2021
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