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forbidden word: barrier

barrier n. 1 The stallion leaped over the wooden barrier. The castle’s defense barrier was 20 feet deep: obstruction; (variously) obstacle, barricade, blockade, fence, wall, hedge; ditch, trench, mote. 2 Not knowing a foreign language is a barrier to enjoying travel abroad. The country set up trade barriers against imported goods: obstacle, obstruction, impediment, hindrance, handicap, bar, difficulty, restriction, limitation, stumbling block, hurdle.
Ant. 1 entrance, opening, passage, passageway, way. 2 aid, help, advantage; encouragement, spur.

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

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example sentences: barrier

A bigger worry for these emerging platforms, though, is the network barrier.
From BBC

The chief executive of the Home Builders Federation, Neil Jefferson, told the BBC the government needs to address “other barriers” to “reverse the declines we have seen in supply and deliver much needed housing”.
From BBC

To minimize barriers to entry, no prior work experience was required when the program began in 2019.
From Salon

After a long period in which Americans fought incredibly hard to enlarge the freedom to move, tearing down barriers of class and race, we’ve spent the last 50 years re-erecting them.
From Salon

But there was a further barrier for the bassist, who has been playing since he was in school.
From BBC

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