barrier
Example Sentences
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For centuries, the ocean has threatened to swallow Nantucket, a pork-chop-shaped barrier island 30 miles off Massachusetts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
But language has never been a barrier for their global fandom.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
This area is separated from the rest of the cell by an actin-myosin condensate barrier, which acts like a physical boundary and directs proteins to the advancing edge.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Many Americans now see the cost of college as a major barrier to enrolling, especially if they also need to work to support themselves while attending school.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
And I myself preferred not to see him in strong sunshine, for his pale, membranic skin was no barrier to the light, which pierced deep into the flesh and illumined it to a hideous translucency.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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