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floodgates

noun

plural of floodgate

as in sluices

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Noun

Yet when a safety issue arises, competitive barriers come down.

— Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
As with many maturing technologies, experts say wellness devices have become cheaper and easier to produce, lowering the barriers to entry.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of barriers

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In Italy, a march in central Milan on Saturday over living costs also ended violently, with rioters attacking the police with stones and paving blocks and setting fire to barricades.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Officers in riot gear clashed with youths who set up street barricades using burning trash bins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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