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impedes

  • present tense form
    of impede (3rd person singular).
    impede
    verb (used with object)
    to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.

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VAR: Which impedes his ability to get to the ball properly.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Arctic ice impedes airborne submarine detection that works in other oceans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Carvalho has called for limits on immigration enforcement near schools, saying it impedes student learning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

One body impinges against and impedes another in the fall, but it could not do this, but for the principle of gravity.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by William Hazlitt