barriers

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It helped lower or remove tariffs and other trade barriers on many products traded between the three countries.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Ticket offices or kiosks that are located on station platforms before the exit barriers, for example at Edinburgh Waverley or Glasgow Queen Street, will remain open.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

I think we will see a shift toward autonomous health screenings that provide periodic checkups without requiring an initial doctor visit, lowering barriers to access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

We’ve been loving the healthy cultural exchange, and we’re being reminded that cultural barriers of traditional sports fandom can be breached.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

The differences between those trajectories were stamped by continental differences in domesticable plants and animals, germs, times of settlement, orientation of continental axes, and ecological barriers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond