as in wall
a physical object that blocks the way
there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying "Keep Out" around the trash compactor
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Recent Examples of barrier
The fact that one in eight students gave up on college because of application stress shows that the admissions process is becoming a barrier.
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025
Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The move is an apparent effort to repeal President Biden’s executive order to remove potential workforce barriers for the outlined demographic in 2021.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
The film champions the idea that age is no barrier to new adventures, showcasing how passion and friendship can reignite a sense of purpose.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025
Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The move is an apparent effort to repeal President Biden’s executive order to remove potential workforce barriers for the outlined demographic in 2021.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
The film champions the idea that age is no barrier to new adventures, showcasing how passion and friendship can reignite a sense of purpose.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for barrier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrier
Noun
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Some of the moves revive policies from his first administration, including forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, cracking down on asylum access and finishing the border wall.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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When Trump declared a similar national emergency on the border in 2019 in order to justify using military funds for building a border wall, courts blocked the move, saying a military construction project needed to be in support of a military deployment.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Go with your gut Bird was speaking on a panel alongside big hitters in the UK industry like Fremantle’s Brown, who delivered an impassioned plea for execs on both sides of the commissioning fence to take risks.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the second incident, in September, a Secret Service agent saw a man hiding in the bushes and pointing a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach while Trump was playing there.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Their presence made for a refreshing break from the usual barricade that luxury hotels erect between locals and guests.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
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The presidential security service later removed a bus and other vehicles that had been parked tightly inside the gate as a barricade.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Discrediting the science As the industry’s recruitment of spokespeople aimed to stem the tide of local gas bans, SoCalGas faced another obstacle: Mounting research that revealed the harmful health effects of gas stoves.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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There is a path to preventing such a wrong turn, even if the path is strewn with obstacles and is uphill all the way.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Barrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrier. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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