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.
  • In court, the judge ruled to exclude the use of his rap lyrics as evidence.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2022
  • 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
  • The Dow tends to exclude companies with very high share prices.
    — NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • This Brenda is not perfect, which does not exclude her from the dead-wife trope in and of itself.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The sale will exclude items that are already on sale and the Stretch Lyocell collection.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 14 May 2022
  • 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
  • Moore, noting that the consent form did not exclude the women’s room, refused to sign.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 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
  • The monthly core rate, which excludes the volatile food and energy sectors, was flat.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The group also warned that the bill’s language doesn’t exclude some violent crimes.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Aug. 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
  • Women athletes were excluded from all of it, and this should signal major problems.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, many other Ukrainians are overseas and excluded.
    — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025

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