bar
noun
a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose.
is barring
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present progressiveof bar (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Indiana is barring one of the nation’s most expensive autism-therapy providers from billing the state’s Medicaid program two weeks after the company’s practices were detailed in a Wall Street Journal article, state officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
He also said he is barring the lawyers from making statements publicly that could sway the outcome of a trial.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
USC is barring the valedictorian from speaking at its May 10 commencement — a first in the university’s 143-year history — over unspecified safety threats, Provost Andrew T. Guzman announced in a campus-wide letter Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Which brings us to the announcement on April 25, 2022, that Tesla billionaire Elon Musk is, barring any last-minute hitches, purchasing the social media platform Twitter.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022
The loikes of us is always wat,—that is barring the insides of us.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
