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 Adults must crawl through doorways, buildings look like dollhouses and dwarf goats and donkeys hunker in the animal section. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 Plus, cumbersome pieces can be difficult to navigate around doorways, corners, and stairwells, and disassembled furniture takes up less space in the moving truck. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026 Accessibility The hotel's accessible guest rooms also feature wide doorways. — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Over time, doorways have been opened up and sealed over again to suit changing family needs. — Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 However, for those with mobility issues looking to book a stay, most of the rooms require the use of stairs and doorways are not meant to accommodate wheelchairs. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Now al-Toum can’t bathe or get out of bed alone, and some doorways in the house aren’t wide enough for his wheelchair. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 Now Al-Toum can’t bathe or get out of bed alone, and some doorways in the house aren’t wide enough for his wheelchair. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 From there, oversized doorways lead into formal living and dining rooms. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorways
  1. doors
  2. gates
  3. entrances
  4. accesses
  5. gateways
  6. accessions
  7. entries
Noun
  • Telsey also noted that the first quarter decline was slightly below internal expectations due in part to wholesale timing and a weaker performance from a subset of doors within Vans’ store fleet.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • Major supermarket chains like Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, or Publix regularly discount staple items at steep loss-leader prices just to get shoppers through the doors.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 July 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • At the gates into Ceuta, Moroccan authorities had deployed water cannon trucks and pushed people back.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • The team performed 2,415 logical two-qubit operations and 468 logical T gates, creating a circuit complex enough to challenge classical simulation methods.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of gates
Noun
  • Three entry points Visitors have three choices to enter the Okefenokee — the east, west and north entrances, each with its own public amenities and natural qualities.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The city’s Historic Preservation Committee also recommended adding signs and monuments along Elk Grove Boulevard to mark entrances into the historic district, according to the staff report.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of entrances
Noun
  • 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
  • Book through various companies, such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up at any of the nearby public beach accesses.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • The airline serves 12 major gateways in the United States, including New York (JFK), Newark, Los Angeles, Chicago O’Hare, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Francisco, Washington Dulles, Miami, Seattle/Tacoma, and Orlando.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
  • Organizations should implement identity and access controls, apply policy enforcement layers and action restrictions, and use sandboxing and centralized gateways for all interactions.
    — Sumeet Agrawal, Forbes.com, 21 July 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
  • Paul posted more than 1,000 pages of entries over the weekend, took them down on Monday and then reposted them yesterday with redactions.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, more than 1,100 pages of diary entries Fauci kept as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were released ahead of Fauci's Senate appearance.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of entries

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