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to create difficulty for the work or activity of
was not hindered by a lack of money because she could use what food she had on hand
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Recent Examples of hindered
Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
At the same time, his efforts to sell soybean-producing farmland could be hindered by the current trade climate that’s pushed soybean prices down.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Hamas has repeatedly said that widespread destruction across Gaza has hindered its ability to recover some of the hostages.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
The Aura Ink digital picture frame is a promising concept hindered by the limitations of its core technology.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
For example, a Covid infection may have weakened an unvaccinated person’s body and hindered their ability to fight off cancer cells.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
However, their widespread use has been hindered by safety concerns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Hernandez said his Riverside experience hindered him the rest of his life.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The commuter rail project has been in the works for decades but was hindered by a lack of access to railroad tracks and funding.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
At the same time, his efforts to sell soybean-producing farmland could be hindered by the current trade climate that’s pushed soybean prices down.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Hamas has repeatedly said that widespread destruction across Gaza has hindered its ability to recover some of the hostages.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
The Aura Ink digital picture frame is a promising concept hindered by the limitations of its core technology.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
For example, a Covid infection may have weakened an unvaccinated person’s body and hindered their ability to fight off cancer cells.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
However, their widespread use has been hindered by safety concerns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Hernandez said his Riverside experience hindered him the rest of his life.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hindered
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Hubbard has been somewhat hampered by injury this season, missing two of his team's eight games.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just assessing the damage could take weeks, and airport closures have hampered recovery efforts.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gaza desperately needs items that the Israeli government has frequently impeded, such as emergency shelter supplies, infrastructure reconstruction materials, medical supplies, fuel, and power generation.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Hindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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