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as in to impede
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning
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as in to regulate
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations
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as in to discourage
to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself
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Recent Examples of inhibit
However, rules and restrictions might inhibit your plans.
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Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
These movements can inhibit or reduce the pain signals sent to your brain, resulting in pain relief.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
The trials represent a critical opportunity for those with neurological injuries or diseases that inhibit the ability to use both hands: this includes cervical spinal cord injury, brainstem stroke, muscular dystrophy, and ALS among other conditions.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Decades of research and testing followed, to see what parts of that protein would be the most effective spot for a medicine to bind to, and thus inhibit pain sensations.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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Along with carrying out mass deportations, his second administration has vowed to prosecute anyone who impedes their immigration enforcement operations.—
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The practice is now impeded by ever more protective drone squadrons of P.R. people, although Prince Andrew’s ruinous television interview is a prime example—the disingenuous reporter meets the insufficiently self-aware subject, and blood is spilled.—
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Monitoring the rodents' brains, the team found that a group of appetite and regulating nerve cells called the pro-opiomelanocortin (PMOC) neurons lit up as soon as the mice were given sugar, and enabled their appetite.—
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Lawmakers again failed to act on the issue early this year, despite Gov. JB Pritzker’s call for a law to crack down on hemp sales, and an alternate bill to license and regulate hemp stores.—
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These changes could have a broader chilling effect across the government, discouraging public officials from questioning the president.—
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Have you even been discouraged by failure when trying to reach a goal?—
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Russian President Vladimir Putin deliberately hindered international rescue efforts after the Kursk submarine sank in 2000 in order to protect his country's nuclear secrets, Bill Clinton has alleged.—
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Automated feedback tools can further enhance engagement by providing instant responses to students, eliminating delays that traditionally hinder progress.—
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The film’s audio was previously also restored for home video from original Dolby Stereo archived 35mm magnetic film sources containing the separate dialogue, music and effects (DME) tracks.—
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The panel contains an on/off button and a slider for adjusting the brightness level.—
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Lower corporate tax rates, coupled with this international tax agreement, could dissuade companies from using renewable energy credits, stalling investments and growth in this critical sector.—
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Foreigners may be dissuaded from crossing illegally into the United States for fear of ending up at Guantánamo.—
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Limiting the federal funding would hamper Medicaid's ability to help states during difficult economic times, when demand for coverage rises with falling employment and incomes, while states also have fewer tax dollars to spend.—
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
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Two key themes have dominated campaigning: curbing mass migration and righting the country’s flailing economy.—
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Health care: Still recovering from pandemic spending, hospitals across China are being squeezed by a slumping economy and efforts to curb medical spending.—
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“Inhibit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhibit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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