barrier
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The danger isn’t insurmountable, but it’s just another barrier for the Federal Reserve as it tries to restore low U.S. inflation for the first time in nearly six years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
These products emphasize “not stripping the skin barrier, not being too harsh—and then also combining the sensorial experience,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Glave has made significant progress this season, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time in legal conditions to win his first British title in June.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The study also found signs of age-related decline in cells that help maintain the blood-brain barrier, the protective boundary that controls what can pass from the bloodstream into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
But now, now there is a different person standing next to her, much more present, as if a barrier has been removed between them.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Construction equipment and safety barriers litter the block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For Chinese manufacturers contending with weak demand at home and higher trade barriers in the U.S. and Europe, that market offers an attractive source of growth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
These scaffolds act as protective barriers during healing, keeping soft tissue from interfering with the damaged area while giving new bone space to grow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Project manager, Jane Birch, has been working on more solutions to restore the habitats, like planting hedgerows and making barriers out of wood that trap debris.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
I spot a handful of thin trees decorating the land inside the barriers.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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