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                    as in pub
                                                
              
          
                                                      a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises                                       
              
                             a bar that serves meals as well as drinks                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in tribunal
                                                
              
          
                                                      an assembly of persons for the administration of justice                                       
              
                             rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in obstacle
                                                
              
          
                                                      something that makes movement or progress difficult                                       
              
                             the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in standard
                                                
              
          
                                                      something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared                                       
              
                             we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in to ban
                                                
              
          
                                                      to order not to do or use or to be done or used                                       
              
                             corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to exclude
                                                
              
          
                                                      to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of                                       
              
                             beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in to guard
                                                
              
          
                                                      to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point                                       
              
                             the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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as in except
                                      
              
          
                                                      not including                                       
              
                             everyone in the company is invited, bar none                         
                
                                                                                      
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