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  • noun Plural form of impediment.

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Examples

  • Speaking at Moscow State University on a weeklong European swing, he addressed what he called impediments to business investment, citing the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who was arrested and died in custody in 2009 after accusing the police of corruption; demonstrators who were beaten and detained last year while advocating for the right to peacefully assemble; and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch whose second trial on new charges of embezzlement and money laundering was clouded with allegations of misconduct.

    Biden Decries Russian Corruption During Visit Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • The main impediments to such plans would be the greed factor, and the energy of young men, who preoccupy themselves with performing great labors.

    In Praise of Temperance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • We speculate that there will be short-term impediments to the effectiveness of the darknet as a distribution mechanism, but ultimately the darknet-genie will not be put back into the bottle.

    B2fxxx 2009

  • I take your point, but I guess I'd see two main impediments to reinstituting a canon-based curriculum.

    God and Man at Harvard 2005

  • I take your point, but I guess I'd see two main impediments to reinstituting a canon-based curriculum.

    God and Man at Harvard 2005

  • I take your point, but I guess I'd see two main impediments to reinstituting a canon-based curriculum.

    God and Man at Harvard 2005

  • There is no secret about the short term impediments to concluding an FTA, but we should not lose sight of the longer term opportunities and strategic benefits of an FTA.

    Australia and Japan: Challenges and Opportunities - Speech from from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002

  • He advises concentrating on such developments rather than short-term impediments to economic progress and healthy investment returns.

    NYT > Global Home By CONRAD DE AENLLE 2012

  • He advises concentrating on such developments rather than short-term impediments to economic progress and healthy investment returns.

    NYT > Home Page By CONRAD DE AENLLE 2012

  • He advises concentrating on such developments rather than short-term impediments to economic progress and healthy investment returns.

    NYT > Home Page By CONRAD DE AENLLE 2012

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