barrier
Example Sentences
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Difficulty in communicating is often a key barrier to people securing interviews and jobs.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
He picked up some Spanish from Latino teammates in Japan that he uses to help bridge the language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Over this year, Walmart’s market valuation has occasionally cracked the $1 trillion barrier, but the company has struggled to stay there.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“This is a major hurdle and overcoming this barrier has been really the Holy Grail in neurology,” he says.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 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
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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