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  • noun Plural form of barrier.

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Examples

  • And their weak wings beat against their barriers, —barriers of caste, of youth, of life; at last, in dangerous moments, against everything that opposed even a whim.

    IV. Of the Meaning of Progress. William Edward Burghardt 1903

  • Asked what he had to offer as a leader, Seremane, who turns 68 in August, said there was a "great role" he could play in helping to transcend what he called barriers to democracy in South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • From the twin barriers, riders descended at more than 40 miles per hour to the base of the course and the off-camber corners leading to the finish straight.

    Powers edges Trebon in finale to Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival 2010

  • At PinkDot, we believe the first step to overcoming these barriers is for open-minded segments of society to come together.

    Global Voices in English » Singapore: First LGBT Rally 2009

  • And I still think that allowing repressive regimes the tools that let them open up access to the network gradually rather than demanding that they simply bring down all barriers is a better way of achieving political progress and more openness.

    Boundaries in cyberspace 2009

  • From the twin barriers, riders descended at more than 40 mph to the base of the course and the off-camber corners leading to the finish straight.

    Katie Compton completes Ohio sweep 2010

  • Looking at the interlinking segments of the internet as being held apart by barriers is old-media thinking, and trying to interlink everything is verging on madness.

    2010 April « The Graveyard 2010

  • My philosophy's always been that the way to confront gender barriers is to stop drawing lines, and that's why I've always strongly aimed to be "person writing about games who is, among other things, female," rather than to really stress the whole grrl-power thing.

    Archive 2009-06-01 SVGL 2009

  • Breaking down those barriers is one of the great leaps forward that a community can begin to facilitate.

    Community management under the bonnet: 23 things « Innovation Cloud 2009

  • My philosophy's always been that the way to confront gender barriers is to stop drawing lines, and that's why I've always strongly aimed to be "person writing about games who is, among other things, female," rather than to really stress the whole grrl-power thing.

    Women Audiences, Women Characters SVGL 2009

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