How to Use exclude in a Sentence

exclude

verb
  • The prices on the menu exclude tax.
  • You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.
  • Jews could set foot in the Old City, from which they had been excluded.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Feb. 2024
  • That is a city that starts out by design to exclude poverty.
    Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But the state bureau interprets the law to exclude them.
    Andrew Ba Tran, Marisa Iati, Claire Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Matthews also excluded from the dad's trial a text the shooter sent his friend at 8:21 a.m. on the day of the shooting.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That excludes Win or Lose, which is set to debut later this year.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
  • Sign up The seven-night trip costs from £1,150, excluding flights (macsadventure.com).
    The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Nov. 2024
  • In 2020, San Diego sought to change the city’s municipal code to exclude the Midway District from the coastal zone.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The six-person jury, though, did not hear about the order after a judge ruled to exclude it from the trial.
    Monivette Cordeiro, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This would exclude Israeli soldiers and men held by Hamas.
    Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And core consumer prices, which exclude volatile energy and food prices, jumped 6.3% last month from a year ago.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The governor did not enter the courtroom, but the court did not exclude him from the proceedings.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, rose 6.3%.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But the prizes nonetheless still exclude huge tracts of science.
    Martin Rees, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Will Pluma exclude any of the songs that may have sparked his recent controversies?
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Months that fall on the grooves, excluding February, have 30 days.
    Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
  • But an artist can exclude certain works from the blanket license.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The move to exclude fossil-fuel investments was made in 2021.
    Saijel Kishan, Fortune, 12 May 2023
  • The nation and states often exclude women who have stillbirths from paid leave.
    Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • To determine the height of the ceiling fan, measure from the top of the motor housing to the bottom of the light fixture, excluding the downrod.
    Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
  • Charleston County, as of Tuesday evening, was excluded from the watch.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In his arguments Wednesday, Thug’s lawyer Steel echoed such concerns in pushing to exclude the lyrics from the case.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2023
  • His attorneys say he was excluded as a possible source of DNA swabbed from the gun.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • However, the core rate of inflation—which excludes food and energy prices—edged down to 5.6% in April from a record high of 5.7% in March.
    Paul Hannon, wsj.com, 2 May 2023
  • The spokesperson added that customers typically ask about how to bring fairs to their schools, not how to exclude titles.
    Laura Strickler, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The archive defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • When excluding the deaths from the Highland Park mass shooting, the decline is still greater than 35%, the report continued.
    Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • Cozy outerwear picks are not excluded from these deals, either.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Her initial offer to prepare food was clearly tied to her invitation, and her decision to step back when excluded is understandable.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024

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