as in fences
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 barriers
Ayiku adds that this approach reduces transportation barriers, preserves dignity, and guarantees accessibility for all applicants.
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Ronny Maye, Essence, 31 Oct. 2025
At-large Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera commended Patterson for breaking barriers in conjunction with delivering results.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
This is a function of low barriers to entry, and makes for high competitive intensity in the space.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2022, Eilish signed an open letter from Global Citizen urging the most powerful governments, private sector leaders, and billionaires to commit to breaking systemic barriers that keep people in poverty and take climate action.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Whether through an honest conversation or an unexpected emotional release, this transit helps dissolve walls and toxic barriers, revealing what’s actually hiding beneath the mystery.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
When cultural barriers come down and different voices harmonize together, there’s an explosion of creative energy.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
The liquid format itself also removes barriers.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Ronny Maye, Essence, 31 Oct. 2025
At-large Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera commended Patterson for breaking barriers in conjunction with delivering results.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
This is a function of low barriers to entry, and makes for high competitive intensity in the space.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2022, Eilish signed an open letter from Global Citizen urging the most powerful governments, private sector leaders, and billionaires to commit to breaking systemic barriers that keep people in poverty and take climate action.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Whether through an honest conversation or an unexpected emotional release, this transit helps dissolve walls and toxic barriers, revealing what’s actually hiding beneath the mystery.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
When cultural barriers come down and different voices harmonize together, there’s an explosion of creative energy.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
The liquid format itself also removes barriers.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barriers
Noun
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Wildlife managers used tactics including drones, beanbags, diversionary feeding, deterrent fences and round-the-clock field presence, but the wolves persisted in killing cattle, the DFW said.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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In the yard, decorations include nooses, hanging bodies, guards in towers and barbed wire fences.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Odysseus, the Ithacan warrior who is as celebrated for craftiness as Achilles is for brute strength, devises a clever ruse in which the Greeks place a giant wooden horse outside Troy’s walls and pretend to sail away.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Whether through an honest conversation or an unexpected emotional release, this transit helps dissolve walls and toxic barriers, revealing what’s actually hiding beneath the mystery.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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With major construction work coming to a close, barricades and traffic cones will be going away.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The television industry can be a competitive environment for emerging writers with no shortage of obstacles.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The obstacles to higher uptake are multifold and stubborn.—
Elliot Haspel,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Barriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barriers. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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