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barrier

[bar-ee-er] / ˈbær i ər /




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The biggest barrier to entry in motor sport is the cost of junior racing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Arnold Schwarzenegger, said affordability is “probably going to be the single biggest barrier to getting to the next level.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Every barrier broken is a notch in a glass ceiling, and the ceiling does not care much whether the person who cracked it got to walk all the way through.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The shark was guided to the southern entrance of the North Port Waterfront Park, where a net barrier was installed to prevent it from re-entering," the oceans ministry said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The second woman to break the sound barrier was one of Cochran's WASPs, Jean Hixson, who flew a Delta Dagger military jet in 1958, which was against regulations.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Cell membranes are thin, flexible barriers made largely from fatty molecules called lipids.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

It turns out that while the interest is genuine, there are still serious barriers for most people.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

An American politician with that biography would campaign around it: the poor neighborhood, the ethnic barriers, the climb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Thorne said the "relatively low barriers to entry" meant some people could try and do the job, despite having little experience of working at weddings.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The barriers were seemingly endless miles of ditches, eighteen feet wide and fifteen feet deep.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti


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