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impediment

[im-ped-uh-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt /


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But U.A.E. officials acknowledge the war could again prove an impediment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

But remember, despair isn’t activism—it’s just another impediment to progress.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

“That makes sense, and there’s no legal impediment to doing that.”

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

"Human consent is not an impediment to progress. Human consent does not diminish the struggles and the joys of technological innovation or inhuman creativity," Blanchett said at the event in the parliament's library.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

The only actual change that had come over him in the past years was that, for some reason, his impediment had gotten worse.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

For the eurozone, which has faced multiple economic shocks in recent years, any additional impediments to an economic recovery will be unwelcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The EPA also removed "all federal impediments to selling E10," gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol, Zeldin said.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

These impediments may well have disillusioned some of the voters who backed Move Forward three years ago.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

Wiener said his bill would rectify those impediments.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

Not counting Holy Week, Sundays, holy days of obligation, first Fridays, retreats, sacrifices, and cyclical impediments, her effective year was reduced to forty-two days that were spread out through a web of purple crosses.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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