How to Use stand in the way in a Sentence
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If so, high wage growth won’t stand in the way of getting inflation down.
—Tom Fairless, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
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There isn’t a single thing that can stand in the way of your innovative spirit except for your own self.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
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But her logo seems to stand in the way for a lot of younger women who grew up with Burch as a sorority house icon.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2022
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Any reductions in the power of their pecking would stand in the way of their ability to drill and drum into trees.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022
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The Celtics will not stand in the way of another team pursuing Udoka.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
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The Tigers stand in the way of the Hawkeyes and one of the more incredible title runs the sport has ever seen.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
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Even if regulations didn’t stand in the way, coal-to-nuclear conversion has never been done.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
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Right now, many roadblocks stand in the way of building wind, solar, and the transmission lines that can carry their power to city centers.
—Shannon Osaka, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022
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Staffing shortages and high costs stand in the way of getting centers running at full capacity and getting new ones up and running.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2022
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But while interest and funds to build that infrastructure exists, permitting requirements still stand in the way.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
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While helping out your fellow humans is a noble idea, the white savior complex is something that can stand in the way of addressing the real work that needs to be done.
—Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 20 Sep. 2021
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Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.
—David Gambacorta, Longreads, 13 July 2022
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Coinbase’s Stilwell agreed, saying a number of challenges still stand in the way of crypto becoming a major tender.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Crypto, 9 Mar. 2023
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The Republicans are hell-bent on the destruction of American democracy, or else too craven to stand in the way—the result is the same.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022
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The Padres aren’t about to let a little red ink or luxury tax penalties stand in the way of winning their first World Series in franchise history.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
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Sorenson points to Spain as an example of the regulatory obstacles that also stand in the way of a quick pivot to other forms of energy.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
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For underrepresented groups, there remain obstacles, structures and processes that stand in the way of getting that critical first shot.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 May 2023
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As migration becomes increasingly more common and more necessary, laws that stand in the way of the universal human need to make a home also prevent societies from learning how to cope with refugee crises.
—Cathrine Brun, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022
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Numerous social and cultural barriers stand in the way of women and girls’ economic, social, and political attainments.
—H.e. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Dr. K.y. Amoako, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023
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That said, the researchers still stress the shortfalls of these techniques, stating that geese’s adaptability and aptitude for separating annoyances from actual threats stand in the way of their future success.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
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But a hotline connecting pregnant people to resources is only valuable if the resources are available—and if prohibitive policies don’t stand in the way of parents qualifying to receive them in the first place.
—Melissa Jeltsen, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2022
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There are multiple challenges that can stand in the way of a patient's access to mental health services, which may contribute to the lack of timely follow-up care for depression, Goldman told Health.
—Caroline Chirichella, Health.com, 21 Apr. 2022
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Having gone through difficult and costly treatments to obtain their eggs and embryos, women said major emotional and practical barriers stand in the way of moving or discarding them in response to price increases.
—Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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Monolithic application architectures stand in the way of today's highly adaptive, cloud-first, forward-looking approach to delivering faster, better and more efficient business outcomes.
—Moti Rafalin, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
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Of course, much bigger than Khan arrogating to herself the power to void contracts is her belief that government entities (including her FTC) must stand in the way of successful businesses expanding via acquisition.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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