BB Test 10 Section 1 Question 5 Help

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**First time uploading a post but would love some help in dissecting this problem. I have a good grasp that the second blank is previously reference but can’t understand the logic behind blank one. In particular, the phrase “published too recently for inclusion” is throwing me off but I think I need to understand this phrase to unlock blank one.

TIA!

Blank i would be opposite of the word inclusion

The articles were recently published, so they excluded them

The story here is that these editors who put together this anthology are trying to justify their reason for excluding certain articles. They give the reason that these articles were too new to be included. However, the author argues that the editors, in many cases, are not justified in their actions for excluding said articles, however new they might be.

Choice [B] matches this story and creates logic.

Thank you. This was helpful.