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
Ricamora also wants to redirect conversations about representation toward industry gatekeepers.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Universities largely held a monopoly over knowledge production and served as the primary gatekeepers of intellectual legitimacy, until the digital revolution dramatically decentralized access to knowledge and its production.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The audience is out there; the gatekeepers just aren’t always the ones who connect you to them.
—Courtney Marsh, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Who are the gatekeepers of ‘cool’ anyway?
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Universities largely held a monopoly over knowledge production and served as the primary gatekeepers of intellectual legitimacy, until the digital revolution dramatically decentralized access to knowledge and its production.
—Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The audience is out there; the gatekeepers just aren’t always the ones who connect you to them.
—Courtney Marsh, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Who are the gatekeepers of ‘cool’ anyway?
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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In Season 1, Gillory was a janitor at the LAPD but become a full-time consultant after solving a murder case and impressing everyone with her IQ of 160.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Low-wage service workers, including cleaners, janitors, security guards, cafeteria workers and other staffers who keep buildings operating, are often out of luck.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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He got married, had kids, and worked a job as a porter at Broadway theaters.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Picardo was most recently president and CEO of Holt Renfrew, and has previously held management roles at retailers and brands including Lane Crawford, Burberry, Net-a-porter and Alexander McQueen.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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