as in wall
a physical object that blocks the way
there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying "Keep Out" around the trash compactor
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Recent Examples of barrier
The program also goes the extra mile to remove barriers that often prevent people from accessing care.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
The car careened off the highway, hit and crossed a central barrier, collided with a tree, and burst into flames.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Many of our top picks feature skin-soothing ingredients like aloe vera, colloidal oatmeal, shea butter, and glycerin to hydrate and strengthen the skin barrier, while allowing your razor to glide effortlessly.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 Oct. 2025
Pride, who died in 2020, was a three-time Grammy winner known for breaking down barriers in country music as the genre's first Black star.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barrier
Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
The car careened off the highway, hit and crossed a central barrier, collided with a tree, and burst into flames.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Many of our top picks feature skin-soothing ingredients like aloe vera, colloidal oatmeal, shea butter, and glycerin to hydrate and strengthen the skin barrier, while allowing your razor to glide effortlessly.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 Oct. 2025
Pride, who died in 2020, was a three-time Grammy winner known for breaking down barriers in country music as the genre's first Black star.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barrier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrier
Noun
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On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kimpton Armory Hotel — Montana The Art Deco building in Bozeman was originally constructed in 1941 to serve as the Montana National Guard’s armory, featuring 18-inch-thick walls, a rifle range, a soundproof music room and space for military vehicles.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Prine’s legacy at Stella’s is remembered with a colorful mural painted on a large fence at the back of the restaurant’s courtyard.—
Ken Perrotte,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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One of the coaches was driving when the van left the road, broke through a fence and landed into a canal, Serbian outlets Večernje novosti and Danas reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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No leaves on the trees, few birds in the sky; the spacious vistas interdicted in all directions by armed men in black uniforms—police at the perimeter barricades, police on motorcycles, police drifting overhead in helicopters.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shiffrin doesn't view this as an obstacle either, nor something to fear at this stage of the game.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Minister Kabawat’s optimism comes despite immense obstacles.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Barrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrier. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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