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impediment

[im-ped-uh-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt /


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Even their typically rather conservative trade group, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, has said since 2023 that AM is unnecessary for emergency alerts and an impediment to making better cars.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

We wanted to see where it fails and what is the biggest impediment to making it 30-plus years following this strategy without running out of savings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

One impediment has been the spotty availability of charging infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

This is, by far, the main structural impediment to success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

He believed as firmly as Arthur did, as firmly as the benighted Christian, that there was such a thing as Right Finally, there was the impediment of his nature.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

A spokesperson for the Swedish Migrations Agency said previously: "We can confirm receipt of a case of an impediments to enforcement which the agency now will process."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

As much as you might want to stay in your home, new impediments can arise.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

She marshals the data to show how women continue to face unique impediments to success, and how both men and women justify their actions in a way that preserves the status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

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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