inhibitors

Definition of inhibitorsnext
plural of inhibitor

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Noun
  • Hegseth came out of his own service, in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the seeming conviction that what had stood in the way of a fuller victory in those wars had been the restraints supposedly placed on how soldiers could kill.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan agreed to bring restraints, rope and a knife to the Banfields’ home.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whereas waterfalls present fish obstacles in rising above their circumstances, five orders and eight families, from South America, Asia, and Australia, have overcome the impossible.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, the physicists don’t see any insurmountable obstacles.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • House disclosures show Swalwell has owed between $50,000 and $100,000 on student loans for more than a decade; his most recent paperwork shows the family holds between $15,000 and $50,000 in credit card liabilities apiece for Chase and American Express.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • All of his options come with serious liabilities, not least the fact that Iran appears to consider its own position to be relatively strong, given its de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz and, therefore, the global price of oil.
    Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But the Scot hooked his second shot from a wet fairway on the 609-yard closing hole — a par 5 that yielded only 10 birdies in the final round — and even after getting relief from temporary immovable obstructions, MacIntyre could only hit wedge to 30 feet.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But there are wild cards, including potential obstructions from Orion’s solar arrays or the body of the spacecraft and uncertainty about how well the vehicle can maintain a consistent orientation.
    Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That could mean a delay of hours, days or longer depending on scheduling and technical constraints.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • With production pipelines in some regions backlogged due to capacity constraints, AI automation tools are enabling faster asset and scene creation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Inhibitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhibitors. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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