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A 26-year-old woman with a history of recurrent UTIs is prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for a symptomatic urinary tract infection. Urine culture confirms E. coli susceptible to TMP-SMX.

What is the mechanism by which sulfamethoxazole inhibits bacterial growth?