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How to use the word barrier in a Sentence?

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It was very nerve-wracking and a real barrier of entry because I thought it would be too hard.

Joey Gonzalez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A lot of people don’t have access to clinically vetted evidence-based information around what causes infertility, how to recognize it, and then when you do find out that you have it, how to treat it, the other, which is one of the biggest barriers that we see, is financial access to fertility. In the United States, a lot of that access comes through the employer providing, for example, fertility benefits, but on a global level, that’s not necessarily the case, and finances tends to be the biggest barrier.

Asima Ahmad

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am in favor of expanding access, but this is a missed opportunity when a generic brand comes into the market with a high price barrier.

Kelly Cleland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Relationships are complicated. There can be situations where there isn’t access to emergency contraception or women might not ask the partner to use it. So being able to have access to one pill and a backup is a great idea. i am in favor of expanding access, but this is a missed opportunity when a generic brand comes into the market with a high price barrier.

Kelly Cleland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The big question will be price, what do we do about that cost? That cost will be a barrier for some people.

Ellen Volo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have n’t seen that as a barrier, we’re not too concerned about that.

Brady Brewer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The problem is that it’s not just so far away, but it’s international. There’s a language barrier. We’re dealing with the French judiciary system, it was on water, and it was a maritime type of an incident, so you have many different agencies and authorities trying to coordinate this effort.

John Danian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I always thought that the way These Muslim women were clothed was grounded in discrimination and that it constituted a significant barrier for women participating in society, i listened to, especially the women from Egypt who were in full burkas and with their face covered up to the lower part of the eyes( and) upper cheekbones … They saw it as a source of freedom.

The Women

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Between 1980 and 2010, the share of Americans with a felony record tripled... the product of the rise in war on drugs and mass incarceration, there's just a lot more people in our communities now who have that experience and have that barrier than there used to be.

Aaron Sojourner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Human nature is our biggest barrier, I believe, in trying to manage water in the West.

Tom Cech

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Homophobia, in a mainstream sense, as a barrier to the commercial viability of a sound has impacted house probably greater than any other music genre because a lot of the mainstream music genres are selling something, they're selling an image to mainstream audiences.

Kwame Safo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think that the school resource officer would be one more barrier against violence occurring in the school, that the absence of that school resource officer makes them more at risk for potential violence.

Ken Gray

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

And now, all of a sudden they've captured my revenue, they've employed their people, they've kept their vendors in business and they have potentially opened their doors to not have 100,000 daily fans -- they can have a million daily fans, they can have two million daily fans because you've eliminated the barrier of travel and accommodations and all of that stuff that gets in the way of people enjoying these experiences.

Walter Kinzie

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The language barrier is what prevented people from getting vaccinated.

Saradjine Batrony

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In addition to the fact that this legislation is patently unconstitutional, this bill would criminalize the use of certain types of contraception, as well as parts of the in vitro fertilization process, and it could even serve as a barrier to life-saving medical treatment for a woman who is suffering a miscarriage, to suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd.

John Bel Edwards

Found on CNN
1 year ago

International Association for Suicide Prevention is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her, because the barrier between the regard in which they held her couldn't penetrate into her heart and the lie the disease told her was so convincing.

Ashley Judd

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The heroic, barrier-breaking members of the Six Six Triple Eight Six Triple Eight Battalion -- which included brave Nevada women -- played a crucial role in the operations of our armed forces during World War II, they deserve our nation's highest honors for their service. There is no better time to give them this long-overdue recognition than during Women's History Month, and I'm proud to see President Biden sign our bipartisan legislation into law.

Jacky Rosen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You feel like you're the only one that's dealing with that. Even though you know it's happening to other people, there's a feeling of solitude, and when I was able to be vulnerable in those moments and share my grief with other individuals, it allowed other people to sort of break down that barrier of feeling alone and be able to share their loved ones as well.

Dan Fischer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While soda has been a beverage of choice for so many consumers over the past century, some people still cite heavy carbonation as a barrier to enjoying an ice-cold cola.

Todd Kaplan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In an effort to serve all of our patients, we want to see African American bone marrow donors chance of finding a match increase year over year. Seeing that 23 % for Black and African American patients increase to 29 % -- African American's what it's all about for us, in line with our commitment to serve our patients in providing equal outcomes for all, we are trying to remove every barrier to donation.

Kate McDermott of BeTheMatch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In line with our commitment to serve our patients in providing equal outcomes for all, we are trying to remove every barrier to donation.

Kate McDermott of BeTheMatch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There will be particular attention to whether there were gaps between barriers and any police cruiser.This vehicle appeared to get through the barrier at a high enough speed to then evade following officers. It also appears completely functional after forcing its way through to the parade route. That raises concerns over the placement of the barriers.

Jonathan Turley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The fact is, before the color barrier was broken in professional sports, before it was broken in schools, lunch lines, water fountains, in the media, or in Hollywood, before all of that, and since our founding 150 years ago, the National Rifle Association of America has not only welcomed all Americans. We've fought for civil rights and constitutional freedom for all Americans!

Wayne LaPierre

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If we go to 3, 4 degrees of global average warming which is tragically the trajectory we are currently on, then there won't be much left of The Great Barrier Reef or any other coral reefs throughout the tropics.

Terry Hughes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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