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as in prohibited
that may not be permitted
smoking is barred inside the restaurant
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as in forbade
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools
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as in excluded
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds
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as in guarded
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree
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Recent Examples of barred
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
At the time of the fire, there were 57 female students in the dormitory, described by police as a flat concrete building measuring about 100 feet by 40 feet, with barred windows.
—Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 23 May 2023
Men wearing hoodies and expectant gazes drifted toward a house with barred windows.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone.
—jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2021
Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates.
—Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019
The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez’s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador.
—Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
And the manner in which some died — trapped between barred windows and roaring flames — echoes this.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Adjective
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
At the time of the fire, there were 57 female students in the dormitory, described by police as a flat concrete building measuring about 100 feet by 40 feet, with barred windows.
—Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 23 May 2023
Men wearing hoodies and expectant gazes drifted toward a house with barred windows.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone.
—jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2021
Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates.
—Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019
The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez’s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador.
—Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
And the manner in which some died — trapped between barred windows and roaring flames — echoes this.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barred
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Colors include shades of red, orange, pink as well as white and striped ones.Janet Carson, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Every time the striped light design was tested, shark attacks on the decoy dropped to zero.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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The judge forbade the defense from making the argument, per IndyStar.Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Although Facebook’s rules forbade such things, the episode showed how poor the company’s controls were, regarding what happened to the data that many partners could access.BYAndrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
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Societal loneliness is feeling systemically excluded because of a characteristic, including gender, race, or disability.Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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As well as Roof, the two others excluded are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted over the 2013 Boston Marathon bomb, and Robert Bowers, who killed congregants at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Pacers face-guarded him with Andrew Nembhard and swarmed him all over the court.Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Spiro said that the limousine line was blocked off and guarded by police to prevent public access.Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Within the forbidden halls of Division Five, Suzie finds all the windows covered with plywood.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Soto made it to the semifinal round of the Home Run Derby at Coors Field before being eliminated by former Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who went on to win his second straight Derby title.Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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But most of those teams have seemingly eliminated themselves from the race.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Flights were prevented from taking off after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop.Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
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The vast majority of diabetes cases can be entirely prevented.Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Barred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barred. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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