barrier
Example Sentences
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The drug industry has been trying for years to develop tricks to shuttle the drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease through the body’s protective brain-blood barrier, which blocks 99% of a dose from reaching the brain.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Over this year, Walmart’s market valuation has occasionally cracked the $1 trillion barrier, but the company has struggled to stay there.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Back in 2010, a report published by Autism NI with Ulster University highlighted that the IQ threshold of 70 remained "a barrier to services for many families".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
An invisible barrier is keeping many Americans from getting ahead—the midcareer stall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
And I stood there, my arms raised like a barrier, with my teeth bared and a ferocious expression on my face.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing barrier
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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