impediment

Example Sentences

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A major impediment to investment in business expansion and hiring across Europe is the expense of layoffs if the expansion project fails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"I have a speech impediment, I stutter, so for people who feel like they're not the 'typical' host, I want this to feel like a home."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

That could be a serious impediment for Anthropic, whose Claude artificial-intelligence model is widely used by the U.S. military and government contractors.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

That raises another potential impediment for state lawmakers hoping to goose the factory-built model: organized labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

When Calliope surfaces, she does so like a childhood speech impediment.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides