Definition of entrancenext
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as in doorway
the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure when you come, use the entrance on the right side of the building

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Recent Examples of entrance
Noun
Anderson’s character makes her entrance by suddenly popping out from the shadows, startling Kris. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 Video from the scene showed a vehicle that had crashed into the front doors of the building, and yellow crime scene tape blocked off the front entrance. Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
While some hotels offer a rich backstory and entrancing interiors, others are brand new to the hospitality scene. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Gollehon witnessed the process, was entranced, and as a teen enrolled in saddlery classes in Spokane, before apprenticing under Bleeker himself. Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrance
Noun
  • Cyber Surveillance Operations discreetly collect information and intelligence and involve unauthorized access of information systems.
    Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The thieves broke through multiple fences to gain access to the storage unit.
    Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Once created, these assemblages might be concealed beneath doorways or in chimneys or instead worn on the body as a form of portable protection.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The new space also features two unisex restrooms with open doorways in which the sinks can be seen from the hallway.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While oil prices eased this week, the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for transporting oil and gas, remains shuttered.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The result is a stage designed to transport audiences to Tulsa in 1967.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The luxury pods — complete with lie-flat beds and sliding privacy doors — could be entirely off-limits when departure day rolls around, sitting completely empty at 35,000 feet.
    Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Community health workers who go door to door face risks of their own.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, a camera from Clear, the facial recognition company, scanned my face and the gate opened.
    Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Disney pulled a series of strategic levers to get people through their park gates at a time when many are being choosy about how to spend their dollars, according to industry analysts.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Photos obtained by the New York Post show some injured people being carried away on stretchers and several others returning to the dock after the incident.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Large debris carried away by the Big Thompson flood on July 31, 1976, caused significant damage to a nearby home.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • There are wild card entries at just about every ATP and WTA tournament.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, when the person putting the open sign is not truly in charge of the establishment, the credibility of the claim comes under scrutiny, deterring entry.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Fantastic Fest, the most reliably eclectic and unapologetically strange American film festival on the fall calendar, has unveiled a lineup that promises to delight any cinephile whose tastes lie outside the conventional.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Good stories may delight or entertain, anger or outrage, surprise or shock.
    Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Entrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrance. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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