Examples of tollgate in a Sentence
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If this passes, get ready for the $10-per-hour parking meter; tollgates at parks, public beaches and boat ramps, and higher premiums for fire and theft insurance.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Multiply that by half the web, and the most valuable real estate online stops being the billboard beside the content, but the tollgate in front of it.
—Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Your pass will need to be purchased before arriving to the tollgates.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
In Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, traffic flowed through the Lekki tollgate, where young people demonstrating against police brutality were gunned down by security forces in 2020.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
The nationwide #EndSARS protests, which garnered global attention, led to police opening fire on peaceful protesters and killing at least 15 people at Lagos’s Lekki tollgate.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
One witness at the protests, Akinbosola Ogunsanya, said the shooting began after the lights were turned off at the Nigerian city's Lekki tollgate.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 20 Oct. 2020
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Multiply that by half the web, and the most valuable real estate online stops being the billboard beside the content, but the tollgate in front of it.
—Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Your pass will need to be purchased before arriving to the tollgates.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
In Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, traffic flowed through the Lekki tollgate, where young people demonstrating against police brutality were gunned down by security forces in 2020.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
The nationwide #EndSARS protests, which garnered global attention, led to police opening fire on peaceful protesters and killing at least 15 people at Lagos’s Lekki tollgate.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
One witness at the protests, Akinbosola Ogunsanya, said the shooting began after the lights were turned off at the Nigerian city's Lekki tollgate.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 20 Oct. 2020
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“Tollgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tollgate. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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tollgate
noun
toll·gate
ˈtōl-ˌgāt 
: a point where vehicles stop to pay a toll
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