barrier
Example Sentences
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The former was a big topic for politicians in 2025, with the Senate and House both passing their versions of bills meant to remove barriers to construction and homeownership.
From Barron's
Outside the courthouse Monday, police set up barriers along the sidewalks, which were packed with dozens of chanting protesters, including some carrying signs saying “U.S.A. Hands Off Venezuela.”
Using a model based on the time-dependent Schrödinger equation, the researchers confirmed that such a scattering barrier could account for both the missing harmonic and the reduced overall light output.
From Science Daily
The results, published in Science Advances on January 1, shed new light on how one of fusion energy's most stubborn physical barriers might finally be overcome on the road to ignition.
From Science Daily
A number of other areas could, feasibly, see a similar approach - alignment with single market rules - in exchange for reducing post Brexit barriers across manufacturing, in automotive, chemicals, or for example in arrangements for VAT.
From BBC
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