the hurdles

plural noun

: a race in which runners must jump over a series of barriers (called hurdles)

He won a medal in the high hurdles.

The hurdles is his best event.

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This outcome is certainly possible, if not the most probable, but investors should be mindful that the hurdles at these valuation levels are higher. —

Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 Elevated interest rates, potential weakening in the labor market and a likely volatile political climate on Capitol Hill are just some of the hurdles the nearly $30 trillion economy will face. —

Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024 Government censorship, scam accounts, celebrity impersonation, propaganda and a user revolt over a journalist accused of demonizing trans people — these are just some of the hurdles faced by the nascent social media platform Bluesky. —

Kevin Collier, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024 Passon ably weaves the legal and legislative challenges into the hurdles that Patrice, Garry and others face daily, weekly, monthly. —

Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the hurdles