leave the door open for

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: to make it possible for

The patent on the product has expired, which leaves the door open for other companies to make it.

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Secretary of State David Scanlan waited to set the date of the primary until the candidate filing deadline ended last fall to leave the door open for Biden. —Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024

But that could also leave the door open for outside critics and observers to tie cuts later in the year to the political calendar. —Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024

The story architect started planning for the inevitable and laying out a master idea that would leave the door open for a possible return, while also setting up years in advance what that eventual story might look like. —EW.com, 13 Feb. 2024

That might leave the door open for Domingo’s dynamic turn as civil rights hero Bayard Rustin. —Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024

That very little has changed since the bribery scandal was revealed could leave the door open for some contractors to take advantage of the disaster or for government money to be wasted. —Blaze Lovell, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023

That would leave the door open for another rate increase, which could come when the following meeting concludes, on November 1. —Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023

Does that leave the door open for a Tyler return in a potential Season 2? —Katcy Stephan, Variety, 28 Nov. 2022

With the company's financial challenges and amid disappointing results for the GT and Elva, Flewitt's abrupt departure now seems to leave the door open for a super-SUV that could be a savior. —Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2021