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as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
be sure to latch the gate when you leave so the dog doesn't get out
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as in to fence
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Recent Examples of gate
Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
The European Union is testing an age-verification app, a sign that online age gating is drawing closer.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
My youngest son is the most dismayed so far at Sam having to leave his faithful pony companion, Bill, behind at the gates of Moria.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But what was remarkable—almost unnerving—was that such a simple and common plant alkaloid, in a pure form, would also just happen to gate access to a bizarre hypercomplex alternate universe teeming with apparently intelligent nonhuman—alien—beings.
—Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
The European Union is testing an age-verification app, a sign that online age gating is drawing closer.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Verb
September is off and running, like a horse bursting out of the gate at Churchill Downs.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
My youngest son is the most dismayed so far at Sam having to leave his faithful pony companion, Bill, behind at the gates of Moria.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate
Noun
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The device is a fold-away door on the cabin side of the forward galley.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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South Korea's main National Intelligence Service, in a closed-door parliamentary briefing last year, reported that Ju Ae was being groomed as successor, politicians who attended the meeting said at the time.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Because how could someone be sitting inside a side doorway in a mini-teardrop that only has a rear hatch entry?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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Silence, in that sense, opens up a doorway to deeper emotional connection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Set the container on top of the carafe and a valve at the base opens to drain out the concentrate.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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Four received cardiovascular tissue transplants that can replace valves and vessels in patients with congenital heart defects or heart disease.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In 1973 a fencing contractor working in Queensland, Australia, noticed an unusual-looking wallaby on a property being cleared for cattle.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sarno’s crew also engaged in smash-and-grab robberies in which hundreds of thousands of dollars in gems were stolen from jewelry stores and then fenced at a Cicero pawnshop operated by the Outlaws motorcycle gang, according to prosecutors.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram attempted to speak with attendees of the recruitment event, but news media were confined to the free speech area away from the venue’s entrance.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Aug. 2025
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Fresh mulch shoots through a hose and into the shrubbery around the entrance gates.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Gate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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