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The phrase "precluded the possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It is generally used to mean that something made it impossible for something else to occur. Example sentence: The heavy rain precluded the possibility of outdoor activities.
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Topography and historical parceling precluded the possibility of investing in large agricultural estates.
Moreover the limitation to static atoms precluded the possibility of studying thermal effects, which depend on atomic motion.
Stick concluded that Jason's overdose had all but "precluded the possibility" that authorities could determine what had happened to Nicholas.
The Japanese government believes the division of Germany into East and West after World War II precluded the possibility of an inter-state claims agreement.
Mr. Castro agreed to the sentence, which precluded the possibility of parole, because it spared him from the possibility of the death penalty.
Unlike the conquest of Mexican territories in which the invading Spanish culture assimilated some aspects of the native culture, the Spaniards in Colombia "precluded the possibility of even a token cultural symbiosis occurring" (Helguera, 1974, p. 3).
On the one hand Hague and Foreign Office officials speak of the NDAA as having "all but precluded" the possibility of putting Aamer and others on planes out of Guantánamo.
"The United States is deeply concerned by the flawed presidential and legislative electoral process in Nicaragua, which precluded the possibility of a free and fair election," spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.
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Imagining supernatural answers precludes the possibility of finding verifiable answers.
But even the ranking system does not preclude the possibility of listening to something painful.
While it is hoped the bailout will preclude the possibility of bankruptcy not everybody is convinced.
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