[ US /ɪkˈskɫusɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɛksklˈuːsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not divided or shared with others
    they have exclusive use of the machine
    sole rights of publication
  2. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
    undivided affection
    judging a contest with a single eye
    gained their exclusive attention
    a single devotion to duty
  3. excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
    exclusive clubs
    an exclusive restaurants and shops
NOUN
  1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization
    he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
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How To Use exclusive In A Sentence

  • But the world is not full of exclusively charming and likeable people. The Sun
  • He admired Machiavelli for recognizing that sometimes our ends are mutually exclusive and for facing that fact unblinkingly.
  • This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
  • Identification includes much less intense and less exclusive attitudes.
  • And that is the point: islands used to be the preserve of those who favoured exclusive getaway holidays. Times, Sunday Times
  • Then, when cashiered out of the navy after refusing to follow orders which offended his conscience, he is visited by the mysterious benefactor who has shadowed him his entire life, who invites him to join a highly exclusive gentlemen's club, Redking's. REVIEW: Not Less Than Gods and The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker
  • Settlers brought with them the idea of land as a partible, bounded commodity, owned by an individual (or self-selected partnership), transferable, and exclusive in perpetuity. Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
  • With rising medical costs growing by leaps and bounds, only the exclusive with mounds of $$$ will beable to afford it. Obama says health care delay is OK 'to get it right'
  • Federal Government is the exclusive judge of the extent as well as the limitations of its power, it seems to me to be utterly perversive of the sovereignty and independence of the States. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
  • In an exclusive interview with NEWSWEEK this week, Karrubi called Khatami a weak politician and said his allies were extremists "who questioned the Islamic component of the Islamic Republic. Fighting for Moderation
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