entries

noun

plural of entry
1
as in hallways
the entrance room of a building please wait in the entry while I get the person you want

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2
as in accessions
the means or right of entering or participating in believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury

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Recent Examples of entries All entries received will be judged 50% on operating as a small business or non-profit within the Philadelphia DMA, 40% on answering the questions provided, and 10% on compliance with these rules. — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Beyond the podcast ad Bartlett, who dropped out of college to pursue entrepreneurship, launched The Diary of a CEO in 2017 by turning his own diary entries into podcast episodes. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 Five entries appearing in the notice refer to variations of his name and identify the same individual. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 Dash clues are used to indicate that their entries are part of a larger gimmick. — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026 The strongest programs make supporters feel like insiders in the mission, not entries in a payment file. — Yuriy Boyechko, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Last year, the Tellys received 14,000 entries from 55 countries — a new record. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 The competition received a record-breaking 65,403 entries from 121 countries and territories around the world, organizers said. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entries
  1. hallways
  2. accessions
  3. lobbies
  4. accesses
  5. foyers
  6. doors
  7. entrances
  8. admissions
Noun
  • People continue using the hallways, parking areas, and amenities, while employees continue cleaning and making repairs.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Now, as more schools like Central Middle station officers in their hallways, educators can turn to law enforcement when students are disobedient, even if the children are young or pose minimal threat.
    — Kristian Hernández, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hallways
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
  • But many agreements need to be ratified in each country, leaving them at the mercy of domestic lobbies, from farmers to automakers, which seek to protect their markets at the expense of the continent’s collective interest.
    — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Restaurants in hotel lobbies often fit into one of two buckets—hit or miss—and The Tusk Bar at the Evelyn Hotel is most definitely the former.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of lobbies
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
  • During the episode, the two teams worked to transform the foyers and side rooms in their respective homes.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
  • All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of foyers
Noun
  • Its stores open for eight to 10 weeks a year, but planning for next Halloween starts before this year’s doors close.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • All entrances and exits to the city remained sealed, with the operation focused in Deir Bahha and another part of the city called Al-Jalda, according to Hebron Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Per a 2016 rule, students were allowed to chalk on walkways, concrete and asphalt but at least 30 feet away from building entrances and not on walls and vertical surfaces.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of entrances
Noun
  • Students and workers are angry Student groups want 250,000 more places in higher education and an end to selection through Parcoursup, the national admissions system.
    — Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Student groups want 250,000 more places in higher education and an end to selection through Parcoursup, the national admissions system.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of admissions

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“Entries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entries. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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