barring
IPA: bˈɑrɪŋ
noun
- (collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- (mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
- (sewing) The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
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Examples of "barring" in Sentences
- I don't believe the answer lies in barring foreign investment.
- P&G case — economic interest in barring newspaper from publishing harmful information was insufficient to justify suppression.
- The court's gag order is very specific in barring only the EFF, its representatives and its technical experts from discussing and disseminating this information.
- Its independence and competence are both highly debatable, with its role in barring largely Sunni candidates from the March election evidence of a confused sense of loyalty to a fractured national ideal.
- Oh, ermined Judge whose duty to society is, now, to doom the ragged criminal to punishment and death, hadst thou never, Man, a duty to discharge in barring up the hundred open gates that wooed him to the felon's dock, and throwing but ajar the portals to a decent life!
- Evolution issues will continue to be resolved at the state court level ... in short, barring unspeakable terrorist acts or some sort of natural disaster, the next four to eight years are going to look a lot like right now, but with more science guys hanging around in government offices and nominally fewer closeted-gay sex scandals in politics.
- Stipulate at the outset — as most folks seem to — that barring extraordinary circumstances (unambiguous libel, incitement to harrassment) Americans have a clear constitutional right to anonymous speech and that, again barring exceptional circumstances, other Americans have an equal First Amendment right to name them if they happen to be privy to that information.