Craig T. Nelson

Sometimes you're encouraged, and other times disappointed. It's a matter of going in and precluding all that with, 'This is what I do, not who I am.' I need to be who I am in the process of doing what I do. I need to stay true to what it is I'm really here for. And that's the hardest thing, the biggest challenge.

American Actor

David Gregory

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

American Journalist

Virginia Postrel

The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the sort of zealous, focused endeavors that can preclude good parenting.

American Writer

Stephen Hawking

There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains.

English Physicist

Dilip Shanghvi

The Ranbaxy acquisition doesn't preclude us from making more large acquisitions. The important issue is whether we have the management bandwidth to handle the acquisition.

Indian Businessman

Jean-Francois Lyotard

Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts.

French Philosopher

George McGovern

At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

American Politician

John Stockton

My impression is that the NBA always precluded anything else.

American Athlete

Jhumpa Lahiri

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

American Author

Klaus Schwab

Diversity does not preclude political stability.

German Economist

Preclude often implies a permanent or definitive prevention of something happening.

Irreversible Prevention

Preclude doesn't mean to stop something instantly; it sets conditions that prevent future occurrences.

Not Immediate

The word 'preclude' is often used in formal or academic contexts, rather than casual speech.

Academic Tone

When precluding someone, it implies that an action has been taken to actively prevent their participation or access.

Active Obstruction

Preclude can indicate that certain criteria or rules systemically exclude certain groups or actions.

Exclusion by Criteria

In legal contexts, 'preclude' suggests that a law or regulation prevents certain actions or events legally.

Legal Consequences

Preclude is often used in formal situations to express that not meeting certain conditions makes something else impossible.

Formal Prerequisite

Sometimes, 'preclude' is used to express how one event inadvertently prevents another due to its effects.

Unintended Effects

 In the physical world, ownership actually fences people out. It precludes others from enjoying what you own. I wouldn't expect to feel welcome in your home uninvited. Digital space, however, is expansive. It's home to the infinite, the exponential,

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 that we're on the cusp of change that may be optimistic and maybe every generation believes they're on the cusp of change we certainly still live in a time where a misstep could preclude our

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