How to Use leave the door open for in a Sentence

leave the door open for

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  • The work group also wanted to leave the door open for adjustments.
    Dennis Valera, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Be clear and don’t leave the door open for further conversation.
    Kerry Siggins, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Other companies are trying to leave the door open for a return.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the statement seemed to leave the door open for donations if states take the initiative.
    Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 20 May 2022
  • That would spare inmates' lives for at least four years but would leave the door open for a future president to resume them.
    Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Multiple cliffhangers leave the door open for a second season.
    Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But BofA thinks Powell will likely leave the door open for one.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The council’s vote did leave the door open for other possible locations.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • That night, some fans protested that Chase had opted for an ambiguous ending to leave the door open for a film.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Does that leave the door open for a Tyler return in a potential Season 2?
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Kortan then missed the front end at the line with 39 seconds left to leave the door open for Geneva.
    Paul Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Dry the seal with a lint-free microfiber cloth and leave the door open for several hours to allow all moisture to evaporate.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Those charges will likely center on murder and are anticipated to leave the door open for the death penalty.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This can also leave the door open for the co-creation of value between all interested parties.
    Felipe Reisch, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Some of her recent comments appear to leave the door open for live performances eventually.
    Neil Shah, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The case is shaky enough, however, that Ohio State should not leave the door open for the committee to have a last-minute change of heart.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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 ruling, however, could leave the door open for narrower gun violence tax approaches.
    Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • However, the commission appeared to leave the door open for Hungary to make certain reforms — and keep the money in the end.
    Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022
  • When a candidate declines, graciously concede and expressly leave the door open for re-engagement in the future.
    Dean Fealk, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Reed, who is of course dating another woman, is infuriated, but seems to leave the door open for a relationship with Bree.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Regan’s past actions do leave the door open for his EPA to more stringently regulate how hog farms and others manage their waste.
    Nick Martin, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The no-impact conclusion could leave the door open for legal challenges to the project’s environmental impact report, Whalen said.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Knierim and Frazier finished last in the first of Monday's three events, the pairs' long program, to leave the door open for Japan to surge into second.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • After this treatment, leave the door open for 15 minutes to allow air circulation — another good reason to turn off the appliance.
    Washington Post, 26 July 2021
  • Jacoby Brissett Ballard tried to leave the door open for a Brissett return in January.
    Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2021
  • And should that dynamic continue into the final weeks and postseason, the parity could leave the door open for an unlikely candidate to make a surprise playoff run.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2021

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