doorways

noun

plural of doorway
1
as in doors
the means or right of entering or participating in the doorway to a life of luxury and leisure

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2
as in gates
the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure he stood in the doorway until we finally invited him in

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Recent Examples of doorways The new clinic will feature doorways 42 to 48 inches wide, well beyond the 36-inch minimum the Americans With Disabilities Act requires. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 All multi-floor buildings have elevators, and there are accessible guest rooms with mobility features and wide doorways. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Consider Wide Doorways and Corridors Maneuvering throughout your home comfortably is an essential part of aging in place, which is why Kaper suggests prioritizing making corridors and doorways wide enough to accommodate a range of mobility devices. — Kate McKenna, The Spruce, 6 Oct. 2026 Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies applied a stricter standard, looking for single-floor living, a no-step entrance and hallways and doorways wide enough for wheelchair access, and found fewer than 4% of homes qualified. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Also, consider your space and whether or not something will fit in your vehicle, through the doorways, and ultimately in your space. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026 Gardeners love to place hyacinths in containers near doorways due to their lovely fragrance. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026 Excess doorways were removed and replaced with new casework—the removal of some doorways allowed some spaces to be re-imagined, creating reading nooks or quiet collaboration spaces. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorways
  1. doors
  2. gates
  3. entrances
  4. accesses
  5. gateways
  6. accessions
  7. entries
Noun
  • The backstory The first Mandarin Oriental hotel—then called The Mandarin—opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1963 and has remained central to the hotel group’s core values, despite global expansion.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Red lacquered doors open to 6,000 square feet of stylish interiors, with eight bedrooms and six full bathrooms spread throughout.
    — Demetrius Simms for Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • Control computers then re-aim the microwave pulses to match that frequency before running logic gates.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Tucked behind tall gates and hedges, the contemporary-style build, designed by Jae Omar, spans nearly 15,000 square feet.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of gates
Noun
  • All four spiral slides are open to the public and allow four people to ride simultaneously from various entrances such as the family-style restaurants, the Google offices, the Rosewood Hotel, and the Arte Abierto Art Space.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Con Edison trucks also blocked nearby roads by entrances at spots where NYPD vehicles would usually stand sentry.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of entrances
Noun
  • Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • In those environments, adding more access points, gateways or cabling can significantly increase cost and complexity.
    — Michael De Nil, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Cargo on ships that have diverted away from the Hormuz is backing up at the region’s alternative gateways.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of gateways
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
Noun
  • There are five of these entries, at 18-, 28-, 34-, 41- and 53-Across.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Dodge will once again give the Cup Series four manufacturers, joining Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in fielding entries to compete in a 36-race schedule that begins in mid-February and crowns a champion in early November.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of entries

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“Doorways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorways. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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