verb. Present participle of exclude.

preposition. to the exclusion of; not including

"On average, the analysts expect fourth quarter funds from operations per share (FFOPS) for the REIT sector to increase 6. 1% year-over-year, but decline 28. 1% on an operating basis, which they define as excluding non-recurring items."

alluding  brooding  colluding  concluding  deluding  

aside from  bar  barring  beside  besides  

exclude