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barrier

[bar-ee-er] / ˈbær i ər /




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Researchers believe the compound's ability to protect the intestinal barrier could make it useful against other conditions involving inflammation and metabolic dysfunction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

It said the government reformed the Electronic Communications Code because the cost of accessing land was becoming a "significant barrier" to building and upgrading the mobile networks across the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The cost of those facilities—and the time needed to get permits—is a major barrier to electric trucking in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Money is a major barrier to the success of the biodiversity goals and an expected source of tension at COP17.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

She grabbed the spear, which was lying against the thorn barrier, and quickly unhooked the ladder.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The work involves throwing shrubs and clippings over the area in order to re-establish its natural habitat, which not only maintains the visual but also helps create barriers to runoff and debris flow, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“They will have significant success outside of China, depending on what kind of tariffs or trade barriers are established,” he said during an earnings call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Beijing is targeting 40 key technologies in response to Western trade barriers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

They then trained machine learning models to quickly estimate the energy barriers that additional reactions would need to overcome.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

I flatten myself against the ground and creep forward so I’m facing the mountains, peering through openings between the orange plastic barriers.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed


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