barriers

noun

plural of barrier
as in fences
a physical object that blocks the way there was a big barrier plastered with signs saying "Keep Out" around the trash compactor

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Recent Examples of barriers All suites on the second floor come without steps and barriers (and spacious bathrooms but not specifically adapted with accessibility features). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Compliance checks would ensure trading entities maintain informational barriers with their sibling exchange, including the use of separate physical offices. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026 These questions make support more dependable and help identify barriers colleagues may struggle to resolve alone. — Bala Sathyanarayanan, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Additionally, both major parties have become toxic; barriers to having independent candidates run for office should be removed. — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 The results also showed nearly one in four renters don’t ever plan to buy a home, with down payments and limited income as the top barriers. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 To help smaller, innovative brands get past minimum order quantity barriers, Hyosung combines demand from several partners. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 In Puerto San Carlos, a fishing town of about 5,700 people, some feared high tides and pounding waves from Polo could breach barriers and send seawater into the community. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 Still visible on Google Maps, but even in August 2021 there were signs of potential safety issues — barriers and orange netting on the side. — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barriers
  1. fences
  2. walls
  3. barricades
  4. obstacles
Noun
  • Good fences might make good neighbors, as the old saying goes, but would a silk fence make a good fence?
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Renderings introducing the project never showed the walls and fences that now cover the plaza’s perimeter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of fences
Noun
  • The tomb’s entrance passage, with narrowing walls and descending axis, creates a liminal stage to orient the body before entering the burial chamber.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the walls of the company’s London headquarters, which is filled with thousands of its plushy pink octopus mascots, Jackson’s empire may look like an unwieldy one.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of walls
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  • Public Works is preparing for 24-hour operations, monitoring low-water crossings, dams, roadways, debris and traffic signals while staging barricades for potential road closures.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • There are plenty of barricades built with the explicit goal of keeping certain types of artists from access ing those rooms.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of barricades
Noun
  • Getting a diagnosis, navigating treatment and paying for care can present obstacles of their own, particularly for patients who face gaps in access to healthcare.
    — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Those are big potential obstacles to Hill returning to the Chiefs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstacles

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“Barriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barriers. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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