barrier
Example Sentences
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We might have been able to move past the language barrier if Mr. Hernández and Ms. Aikens conveyed the powerful emotion of their words with the requisite ardency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
To investigate further, researchers focused on glucosamine because it is a naturally occurring sugar-related molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
"We'll have the entire system to include a secondary barrier in places we need it -- the water barrier and the Rio Grande River -- and the technology," Scott said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
This can lead to "retinol burn" where their protective skin barrier gets damaged.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Between the Latin factum and the modern English ‘fact’ there was a barrier that had to be crossed: a factum requires an agent, a fact does not.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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