port of entry
noun phrase
1
: a place where foreign goods may be cleared through a customhouse
2
: a place where an alien may be permitted to enter a country
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That's especially galling to Agriculture Department employee Cole Gandy, who trains CBP workers stationed at ports of entry on how to inspect agricultural imports for pests.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Next, inspectors perform a physical inspection at the port of entry, checking the shipment itself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Now that post-tariff-hike shipments are flowing through America’s ports of entry, companies are crunching the numbers to balance higher costs, consumer demand and inventory levels with the goal of shielding shoppers from tariff impacts.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
The executive order paused noncitizens’ entry at the southern border when seven-day averages of daily border crossings exceeded 2,500 between ports of entry.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Next, inspectors perform a physical inspection at the port of entry, checking the shipment itself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Now that post-tariff-hike shipments are flowing through America’s ports of entry, companies are crunching the numbers to balance higher costs, consumer demand and inventory levels with the goal of shielding shoppers from tariff impacts.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
The executive order paused noncitizens’ entry at the southern border when seven-day averages of daily border crossings exceeded 2,500 between ports of entry.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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