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to create difficulty for the work or activity of
was not hindered by a lack of money because she could use what food she had on hand
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Recent Examples of hindered
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
The Aura Ink digital picture frame is a promising concept hindered by the limitations of its core technology.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
For example, a Covid infection may have weakened an unvaccinated person’s body and hindered their ability to fight off cancer cells.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
However, their widespread use has been hindered by safety concerns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Hernandez said his Riverside experience hindered him the rest of his life.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
It’s hindered so many things for them.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Hines is one of relatively few enrollees to have used the new Medicaid benefit, which weight loss doctors in the state say has been hindered by national drug shortages, the state’s prior authorization process for the drugs, and a lack of marketing.
—Phil Galewitz, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Singapore is vulnerable if its sea lines of communication are hindered, as 90 percent of its food is imported and most arrives by sea.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
The Aura Ink digital picture frame is a promising concept hindered by the limitations of its core technology.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
For example, a Covid infection may have weakened an unvaccinated person’s body and hindered their ability to fight off cancer cells.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
However, their widespread use has been hindered by safety concerns.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Hernandez said his Riverside experience hindered him the rest of his life.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
It’s hindered so many things for them.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Hines is one of relatively few enrollees to have used the new Medicaid benefit, which weight loss doctors in the state say has been hindered by national drug shortages, the state’s prior authorization process for the drugs, and a lack of marketing.
—Phil Galewitz, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hindered
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Scalability is also hampered by using hazardous, non-recyclable solvents in many processes.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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For years, technological, geographical and financial hurdles impeded wave and tide energy development.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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What To Know DHS issued a statement claiming that Retes became violent, refused to comply with officers and obstructed their path, leading to his arrest for assault.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Hindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hindered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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