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impediment

[im-ped-uh-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt /


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"Institutional disaggregation" is an impediment to solving this, says Dawda.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

That could be a serious impediment for Anthropic, whose Claude artificial-intelligence model is widely used by the U.S. military and government contractors.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

That raises another potential impediment for state lawmakers hoping to goose the factory-built model: organized labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

These types of lawsuits are considered to be the main impediment to private equity’s inclusion in defined-contribution retirement accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 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




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