to the exclusion of
idiom
: in a way that excluded (someone or something)
He spent all his time with colleagues to the exclusion of his own family.
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By turning over its summer Galaxy Unpacked to focus entirely on foldables, to the exclusion of different models, Samsung announces both the Galaxy Z Fold7 (and the smaller Z Flip7) all the limelight.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
This liquidity drain isn’t lost on US regulators, who have rejected narrow banking charters that focus strictly on payments to the exclusion of lending.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Does the worker normally work full-time for the employer to the exclusion of other work?
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Yet by focusing on regime change in these countries to the exclusion of other issues—including climate, trade, and the problems posed by right-wing autocrats in Honduras and Guatemala—the United States risks losing allies across the hemisphere.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2019
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
This liquidity drain isn’t lost on US regulators, who have rejected narrow banking charters that focus strictly on payments to the exclusion of lending.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Does the worker normally work full-time for the employer to the exclusion of other work?
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Yet by focusing on regime change in these countries to the exclusion of other issues—including climate, trade, and the problems posed by right-wing autocrats in Honduras and Guatemala—the United States risks losing allies across the hemisphere.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2019
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“To the exclusion of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20exclusion%20of. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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