barriers

Example Sentences

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It was manufactured by decades of trade barriers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to temporarily lower barriers on imported beef, betting that more foreign supply could lower beef prices and cool food inflation in the U.S.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Just as technology has removed physical barriers in casting, runaway production, co-productions and global streaming have erased borders for audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Clarke spoke of a need for barriers along the road, adding that the borough council had called for the road to be blocked off to traffic.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

As in Africa, in the Americas the spread of native crops and domestic animals was slowed by constricted skies and environmental barriers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond