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as in denied
to declare not to be true
disallowing the philosophical concept of free will
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as in refused
to be unwilling to grant
disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial
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Recent Examples of disallowed
Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
UConn had an apparent winning goal disallowed for off-side, and the winning goal was allowed to stand after a review for interference.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
You will be allowed to deduct a smaller amount if your MAGI is higher, but the deduction will be disallowed if your income is exceeds $275,000 ($550,000 for married couples).
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Demonstrating and distributing literature are also disallowed unless the department gives approval and the activity doesn’t impede the use of the facility or interfere with public safety.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The goal, which would have given the Jackets a 3-1 lead, was immediately disallowed by NHL officials.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Broward County Public Schools ultimately disallowed the appearance.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
Presumably, all of Moore's clients were audited, had these phantom losses disallowed, and ended up paying the harsh 40% penalty for lack of economic substance.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
According to reports, it has been disallowed in settings of all kinds.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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Edmundson, who had a goal disallowed earlier, found a loose puck and cranked a slap shot.
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.—
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
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At the time, ICE had requested local officials hold him in jail, but that request was denied, the affidavit said.—
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The agency that was set to investigate before being denied access to evidence and case materials is called the Force Investigations Unit of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, part of the Department of Public Safety.—
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Google, Meta, Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s X have all delayed, adjusted, or flat-out refused to launch AI products because of the bloc’s laws.—
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And the defense refused to yield.—
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These range from the pages being discolored by demonic forces, or that the pages once contained forbidden texts, now removed.—
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The forbidden rice added a nice nuttiness and some extra heft, and juicy mandarin sections provided lovely pops of fruity sweetness.—
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat with a pragmatist bent, instantly rejected the suggestion that Mamdani represented the new face of the Democratic Party.—
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Demonstrators argued that taxpayer money should not be used to harm or kill innocent people and rejected claims that the killing of Good was an act of self-defense.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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Trump administration claims that Good attacked or tried to run over ICE agents before the shooting have been refuted by the videos captured during the incident.—
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The New York Civil Liberties Union refuted Noem’s statements about sanctuary city laws.—
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King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.—
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By season 1's conclusion, Fisk has taken over the city's government as mayor, locked away any potential threats to his power in a secret prison, installed his own shadow force of corrupt cops to exact his will, outlawed vigilanteism, and declared martial law.—
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“Disallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallowed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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