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The touchdown was disallowed because of a penalty.
disallowing the philosophical concept of free will
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The City is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling disallowing the City’s municipal ordinance against sleeping in public.
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Emilio "emi" Benitez, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
The political push accelerated after a Supreme Court decision last year disallowing affirmative action programs at undergraduate colleges that previously considered a candidate's race as part of their admissions process.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Indiana University preemptively changed its rules one day before its students set up an encampment by disallowing tents and changing a decades-old rule.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 3 May 2024
The Patent and Trademark Office then rejected the application, utilizing the Lanham Act in their decision, which states that federal law disallows trademarks that use a person’s name without their consent.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 June 2024
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Emilio "emi" Benitez, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
The political push accelerated after a Supreme Court decision last year disallowing affirmative action programs at undergraduate colleges that previously considered a candidate's race as part of their admissions process.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Indiana University preemptively changed its rules one day before its students set up an encampment by disallowing tents and changing a decades-old rule.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 3 May 2024
The Patent and Trademark Office then rejected the application, utilizing the Lanham Act in their decision, which states that federal law disallows trademarks that use a person’s name without their consent.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 June 2024
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disallow
transitive verb
dis·al·low
ˌdi-sə-ˈlau̇ 
1
: to deny the truth, force, or validity of
disallowed the deduction
disallow a bankruptcy claim
2
: to refuse to allow
disallow payment of benefits
disallowance
noun
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