gateway

noun gate·way \ ˈgāt-ˌwā \

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Examples: gateway in a Sentence

Definition of gateway

1 : an opening for a gate

2 : gate 4a

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Examples of gateway in a Sentence

Mourners slowly passed though the gateway of the cemetery.
hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job

Recent Examples of gateway from the Web

The gateway town of Talkeetna, Alaska (population: 870) already feels remote to an urbanite like myself, with its log cabins and dense forests.

— carey jones, Vogue, "On a Remote Glacier in the Middle of Alaska, I Learned the Magic of Disconnecting," 12 July 2018
The offer includes free flights from airports in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Flights from other gateway cities are available for an extra charge of $200 to $1,075 per person.

— gene sloan, USA TODAY, "Deal watch: Avalon Waterways offers free flights to Europe with river cruise bookings," 9 July 2018
Competitors to Frontdesk in the corporate housing market have already moved into gateway cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

— sarah hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee startup Frontdesk provides corporate housing for business travelers," 1 July 2018
But after the away team meets the Guardian of Forever, an incorporeal lifeform tasked with guarding a time gateway, the show takes a more interesting turn.

— darren orf, Popular Mechanics, "Harlan Ellison Turned Star Trek Into Something More. Could It Happen Again?," 29 June 2018
The new-and-improved park is the beginning of another gateway narrative, equally difficult, one that won’t soar above St. Louis, but should build its bridges on the ground.

— alexandra lange, Curbed, "Gateway to what?," 28 June 2018
They’ve been deadlocked for two years over a plan to revamp asylum rules through a system that will relocate refugees across the bloc when a gateway country is overwhelmed.

— Fortune, "Why European Tension Is Rising Over Migrants (Again)," 23 June 2018
Greater Cincinnati is literally at the crossroads of America, positioned on the mighty Ohio River, it has always been considered a transportation and cultural gateway between the north and the south, and the east and the west.

— cincinnati enquirer, Cincinnati.com, "Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Connection Scholarship Essay Contest 2018 “Why Greater Cincinnati?”," 22 June 2018
They’ve been deadlocked for two years over a plan to revamp asylum rules through a system that will relocate refugees across the bloc when a gateway country is overwhelmed.

— alessandro giovanni borghese, Bloomberg.com, "Why European Tension Is Rising Over Migrants (Again)," 22 June 2018

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