as in janitor
a person who tends a door
those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope
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Recent Examples of gatekeeper
As the genres have grown in popularity, the gatekeepers have continued to tighten their parameters — but the truth is, experimentation is what makes rock music in all its forms… rock.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
For years, people have relied on agents as the gatekeepers of information.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The idea didn’t make it past the gatekeepers; Spain’s federation and FIFA both shot it down.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Ricamora also wants to redirect conversations about representation toward industry gatekeepers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
For years, people have relied on agents as the gatekeepers of information.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The idea didn’t make it past the gatekeepers; Spain’s federation and FIFA both shot it down.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Ricamora also wants to redirect conversations about representation toward industry gatekeepers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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The same workers who keep this country running every single day—home care aides, teachers, bus drivers and janitors who can’t afford to get sick.—
Linda Goler Blount,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Indiana, a church hired a janitor convicted of molesting a 7-year-old girl.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The company’s luxury e-commerce websites are Mytheresa, Net-a-porter and Mr Porter.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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By then, the preeminent fashion genius of the third quarter of the 20th century and the designer so often credited with inventing the modern woman’s wardrobe had handed prêt-à-porter over to his assistants, who clung as if by commandment to the house dogma of bourgeois Parisian elegance.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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