- present tense form of impede (3rd person singular).
impedes
Example Sentences
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Skidelsky also holds that, “in the spirit of Keynes,” we should “aim for an international/financial system that supports rather than impedes a domestic full-employment policy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Lord Pannick argued that adding VAT to their fees impedes their right to access education and the policy is "unprecedented" in all other Council of Europe states.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
Earlier this month, Martin sparked concern with a letter to Musk promising to “pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people.”
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Nothing impedes tuition like fear; and fear in the animal creation is the offspring of pain.
From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
