barrier
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Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, but that game was on the schedule.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
In this case, the cost of childcare might not be the only barrier and driver of lower birth rates.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Egg prices crossed the $6 barrier in March of last year, but they have since fallen as farmers replenished their flocks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
“There’s a low barrier to entry,” said Emily Brown, 40, the other co-founder of Gold Coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The evolving Indigenous alliance posed a serious barrier to the United States’ expansion.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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