as in prohibited
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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
George Ramsay, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
In the fallout, the NCAA adopted rules changes that forbid coaches from donating to the Pumps’ charitable foundation and disallowed the brothers from running their profitable coaching and athletics executive search firm while also coaching AAU.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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After his Fenerbahçe side had a goal disallowed for offside against Antalyaspor, the ‘Special One’ placed his laptop in front of a TV camera, apparently to demonstrate that Edin Dzeko’s strike had been wrongly ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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The move comes after a Benton County circuit judge denied a preliminary injunction last month in Highfill’s lawsuit attempting to stop the airport from deannexing from the city.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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The former Los Angeles police detective convicted in 2012 of killing her ex-lover's wife was denied parole on Wednesday in the 1986 murder and will continue to serve her 27 years-to-life sentence.Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Within the forbidden halls of Division Five, Suzie finds all the windows covered with plywood.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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But the Biden administration has refuted the claims from the energy industry and states.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The former president has also stated that Americans broadly support the issue being decided by the states, which is decisively refuted by all reliable public polling.Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
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“Disallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallowed. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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