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Recent Examples of exclusion
That transient discomfort is not in the same category as feeling an aching sense of exclusion and disconnection.
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Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Vance’s exclusion may have owed something to ideology.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Single filers can exclude up to $250,000, while the exclusion goes up to $500,000 for taxpayers filing jointly.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Venerable said the goal was not to frame Black cowboy history only through pain or exclusion, but through endurance and achievement, including families – like his own —who stayed connected to land and livestock long after emancipation.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
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His daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, have remained in the Windsor dynasty's good graces following Andrew's banishment.—
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Its collapse, in 1946, led to his execution and his family’s banishment to Tehran, where Googoosh was born, in 1950.—
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The family struggled with ostracism and loneliness.—
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Dissenting opinion brings ostracism, loss of work and grants and friendships.—
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
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Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.—
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclusion. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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