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How to use the word preclude in a Sentence?

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Further, they must have GPS-guided weapons to achieve any hope of accuracy, the defender may also employ GPS jamming and other electronic defensive measures to mitigate the accuracy of enemy air attack.This does not, of course, preclude the attacker from bombing with less than desired discrimination.

San Clemente

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It does not preclude us from taking elements of it on which we might find common ground.

Dean Phillips

Found on CNN
2 years ago

States across the country are temporarily closing or restricting access to DMVs. This action will preclude millions of people from applying for and receiving their REAL ID.

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I don't think we saw really anything in the mission so far - we've got to do the data reviews - that would preclude us from having a crewed mission later this year.

Steve Stich

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have some concerns. One thing is that we don't have an open case now, that doesn't preclude we don't have a case in future. We are looking at the market very closely.

Margrethe Vestager

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

My policy is that unreturned or negative blue slips will not necessarily preclude a hearing for a circuit-court nominee, unless the White House failed to consult with home-state senators.

Chuck Grassley

Found on CNN
6 years ago

This doesn't preclude Solis Doyle from running. This doesn't preclude Solis Doyle from winning, i think Solis Doyle just needs to be very direct and forthright about Solis Doyle apology.

Anita Hill

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I think that in the environment that we're in and The MeToo movement, Anita Hill's going to have to address Anita Hill role in the Clarence Thomas hearings more directly, and if Anita Hill wasn't prepared to do that before, certainly what's going on with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, I think, guarantees it, this doesn't preclude Solis Doyle from running. This doesn't preclude Solis Doyle from winning.

Solis Doyle

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The first criterion is genuine independence, any mechanism for addressing any complaint against a bishop must be free from bias or undue influence by a bishop. Our structures must preclude bishops from deterring complaints against them, from hampering their investigation, or from skewing their resolution.

Daniel DiNardo

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Catholic Church does not preclude the use of the death penalty under certain circumstances : That guilt is determined and the crime is heinous. Also, protecting society.

Pete Ricketts

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Our current hypothesis is that this novel and toxic physiology might have evolved to reduce or preclude the infection of blood parasites such as malaria.

Christopher Austin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The police didn't want to preclude any possibility in the future of using the drones to protect citizens.

Farmington Police Chief Paul Melanson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

No one is looking for law enforcement to arm drones for offensive purposes, the police didn't want to preclude any possibility in the future of using the drones to protect citizens.

Farmington Police Chief Paul Melanson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It [ the backlash from the Right to Life supporters ] does n’t scare me or preclude me from doing it again. It’s the discussion everyone wants to have, i have a feeding ground of opportunities with the Obamas staying in Washington and the Trumps living a block away.

Mark Bucher

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Secretary Clinton's ethics agreement at the time [she assumed office] did not preclude other State Department officials from engaging with, or having contact with, the Clinton Foundation.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

One cannot expect U.S. consular officers to conduct the equivalent of an FBI background investigation on every visa application; the sheer volume of applications they must review would preclude doing so.

Paul Pillar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Closing the (Possible Military Dimensions) agenda item will in no way preclude the IAEA from investigating if there is reason to believe Iran is pursuing any covert nuclear activities in the future, as it had in the past, today’s resolution makes clear that the IAEA’s Board of Governors will be watching closely to verify that Iran fully implements its commitments under the JCPOA.

State John Kerry on Tuesday

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We found that even in the most removed villages, people understood the need for surgery and surgical care, but that mistrust with the health care system or the high cost of care or travel would preclude their seeking assistance.

Adam Kushner

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

Andy Rooney

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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