- plural of impediment.
impediments
Example Sentences
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As much as you might want to stay in your home, new impediments can arise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said at the weekend that assistance for the territory's 2.1 million population "must be scaled up by removing impediments and safeguarding neutrality of aid".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
“At least the impediments that kept us from retaining recruits, to get them in the academy, that has changed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The EPA also removed "all federal impediments to selling E10," gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol, Zeldin said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Above that point, there begin to be structural impediments to the ability of the group to agree and act with one voice.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
