: a large basket usually with a cover for packing, storing, or transporting articles (such as food or laundry)
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Verb
The project was hampered by budget restraints.
Construction is hampering traffic on the highway.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
The delay also gives the two sides time to put the lawsuit to rest, which would otherwise hamper any negotiations.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Towers of tote bags, baskets and hampers overflowed with clothes and toys.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Which dyes carry more risks than others is also unclear due to the lack of research and funding, which is hampered by industry lobbying, added Mande, CEO of Nourish Science, a nongovernmental organization focused on US nutrition crises.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
The delay also gives the two sides time to put the lawsuit to rest, which would otherwise hamper any negotiations.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Others border on amusing, like Dennis Quaid, mid-evacuation, trying to cram a hamper of his teenage daughter’s clothes into his Mercedes.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Towers of tote bags, baskets and hampers overflowed with clothes and toys.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Hamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamper. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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