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impediment

[im-ped-uh-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt /


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But remember, despair isn’t activism—it’s just another impediment to progress.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

“That makes sense, and there’s no legal impediment to doing that.”

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

"The absence of documentation is a serious impediment to continuing your lives," he told AFP in the capital Kabul.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

When Tom was nine years old he worried because his pretty little sister Mollie had an impediment in her speech.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

For the eurozone, which has faced multiple economic shocks in recent years, any additional impediments to an economic recovery will be unwelcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

These impediments may well have disillusioned some of the voters who backed Move Forward three years ago.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

Wiener said his bill would rectify those impediments.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

We are now on less certain ground; there may, for example, be impediments in the evolution of the genetic code, although I think this unlikely over billions of years of primeval chemistry.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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