as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
another loss would rule them out of the tournament
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Recent Examples of rule out
Stanton has been out since April 24 with a strained right calf and started taking live at-bats on the field Wednesday, though he was ruled out for New York's upcoming road trip.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
But in the decades since PBHs were first proposed, astronomers found clever ways to narrow down their plausible range of masses, ruling out many scenarios in which these black holes could account for dark matter.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
In day-to-day care, HOMA-IR is most useful when read alongside A1C, a lipid profile and the patient’s broader clinical picture — not as a single number that confirms or rules out the condition.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Harrison didn’t rule out the possibility.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
But in the decades since PBHs were first proposed, astronomers found clever ways to narrow down their plausible range of masses, ruling out many scenarios in which these black holes could account for dark matter.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
In day-to-day care, HOMA-IR is most useful when read alongside A1C, a lipid profile and the patient’s broader clinical picture — not as a single number that confirms or rules out the condition.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Harrison didn’t rule out the possibility.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rule out
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The poll excluded areas where Hezbollah is most entrenched, and among Lebanese Shiites—the community that forms the bedrock of the group’s support and has borne much of the cost of the war—only a minority agreed.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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The discussions for now exclude Canada.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Republican commissioners in 27 counties around Ohio have banned wind and solar in their jurisdiction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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That regulator fined Staley more than $2 million and permanently banned him from holding a management role in the sector in 2023.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Indeed, those connected services and their possible links to the Chinese state were scary enough to US lawmakers to drum up bipartisan support for new regulations that bar their import, absent an authorization from the Department of Commerce.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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The Pentagon has since moved to identify and fire thousands of transgender service members in its ranks and barred others from joining.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Democrats have said their first amendment Thursday morning will be to eliminate the fund and send the immigration spending bill back to committee.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Building on its successful rollout in Brazil, Juspay is expanding Click to Pay globally to eliminate manual card entry, which minimizes checkout friction, reduces cart abandonment and boosts conversion rates.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Several Republican primaries are taking place Tuesday in South Dakota, where Democrats have been shut out of statewide office since 2015.—
Washington Post staff,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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But the mere prospect of Democrats being shut out of the November runoff was enough to guarantee such a scenario would never happen in this reliably blue state.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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At one time, Democratic leaders were worried that Hilton and Chad Bianco, the Republican sheriff of Riverside County, might finish 1-2 and freeze out Democrats.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama froze out the media on Tuesday night, following a brutal Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder that resulted in a 127-114 loss.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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The shower head and bath fittings were gold plated and a glass door fit snugly between the edge of the bathtub and the shower to prevent water from spilling out everywhere.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Goldman later cited a Manhattan federal district judge's late May ruling preventing ICE from arresting people attending immigration court during routine, mandatory check-ins.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Judicial reviews or appeals of the payouts are prohibited.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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While state laws prohibit this kind of local control on oil or gas projects, the 2021 law passed by statehouse Republicans provided unique powers to local governments to kill wind and solar projects.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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“Rule out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rule%20out. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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