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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodgates
Noun
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Schermer discussed his work as founder and CEO of Project Healthy Minds, a non-profit that addresses the barriers to finding mental health care and offers tools to make accessing services easier.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025 -
The robbery prompted the creation of a new program in Santa Clara County that provides funds to small businesses to install concrete barriers and technology connecting security cameras to a real-time intelligence center at the San Jose Police Department.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During morning drop-off Sept 26, demonstrators stood behind police barricades and looked across at another group, one that was showing support for Lipscomb Academy.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Soon after, more TNA stars jumped over the barricades, and various NXT stars ran out to battle them.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Floodgates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodgates. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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