Example Sentences

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The massive share of China’s CPU market that Intel and AMD have enjoyed for decades inhibits the development of Chinese alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Or the kite maker might have attached the string in a way that inhibits the kite’s ability to catch air pressure and rise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Researchers then injected older mice with a small molecule that inhibits 15-PGDH.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

It is a reflex that inhibits critical and intellectually consistent thinking.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann