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 social media continues to replace traditional gatekeepers, both companies and users share responsibility for what circulates online.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
White nationalist Nick Fuentes and his followers labeled Kirk a gatekeeper, accusing him of co-opting Trump's populist energy while diluting its message.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Keep tabs on Nordstrom’s beauty release calendar, which is the opposite of a gatekeeper.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, however, lie existential questions for ailing auction houses, mega-galleries and the other traditional gatekeepers of collecting.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
White nationalist Nick Fuentes and his followers labeled Kirk a gatekeeper, accusing him of co-opting Trump's populist energy while diluting its message.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Keep tabs on Nordstrom’s beauty release calendar, which is the opposite of a gatekeeper.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, however, lie existential questions for ailing auction houses, mega-galleries and the other traditional gatekeepers of collecting.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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The singing janitor from Indiana earned both the $1 million prize, a Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum and the chance to perform with Journey during the season finale.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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His father worked as a janitor and mother a governess.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Net-a-porter was not the worst offender.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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