Example Sentences

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The act erects massive barriers to entry to the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

PHOTOS: Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

This issue is the AI alignment problem, and it’s another source of uncertainty that erects barriers to trust.

From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2023

“Aki’s Market,” a new, multilayered installation by Los Angeles-based artist Glenn Kaino, erects a captivating theater of dreams.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury