So it was advisedly that the terms of reference excluded the public sector.

The terms of this inquiry specifically excluded the issues for which Murphy had already been tried and acquitted.

The term generally excludes the employers or management, and implies those involved in manual labour.

Furthermore, the term "usually includes the notion of human choice in salvation and excludes a view of divine election by grace alone".

These terms in effect excluded the 350 villagers, most of them unemployed or retired, from any say in their future.

But the term "distilled water" usually excludes these possibilities.

The term "cicatricial" pemphigoid excluded affected individuals who do not develop scarring.

The term "subaerial" may exclude the processes occurring in caves.

The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts.

The term public IP address often used excludes these types of addresses.