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impediment

[im-ped-uh-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt /


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"Institutional disaggregation" is an impediment to solving this, says Dawda.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The Journal reviewed more than 100,000 posts from those accounts and identified 1,456 posts in which the government alleged an assault, impediment, attack or conspiracy or attempt to harm a federal officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 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

He couldn’t easily promulgate it, though, because he had a tragic flaw: a severe speech impediment, perhaps a stutter.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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