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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
Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
Federal agents were most recently sighted without identifying clothing or badges, sporting face coverings and armed with pistols at Dodger Stadium’s entry gates on Thursday.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Oak Brook’s regional claims to fame include its upscale namesake outdoor shopping mall, Oakbrook Center, along with office buildings along the I-88 corridor and high-end subdivisions, many of which are gated.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Noun
Video footage showed a gate being blasted open at the site.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
Federal agents were most recently sighted without identifying clothing or badges, sporting face coverings and armed with pistols at Dodger Stadium’s entry gates on Thursday.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Verb
Passengers continued to stream through the arrivals gate, some of them overheard discussing the events thousands of miles away.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Oak Brook’s regional claims to fame include its upscale namesake outdoor shopping mall, Oakbrook Center, along with office buildings along the I-88 corridor and high-end subdivisions, many of which are gated.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate
Noun
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How Do Carpet Beetles Get Into Your Home? Adult carpet beetles tend to enter the home by flying through open windows and doors, particularly during spring and summer.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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For her own last act, there is sure to be a line out the door of her hospital room, everyone waiting to pay respects.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Simon Says This little eatery is accessed via a doorway in the center of town that leads to an open-air oasis built around trees and hanging plants.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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That was sort of my language into him, some doorway into him.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Meanwhile, for the USWNT, 2025 has been a rare release of the pressure valve that’s usually on the women’s game’s perennial winners.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Verb
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The lot is fenced and gated, but the gate was open when agents entered, according to the complaint.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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With heavy security and miles of fencing around the area of the White House and the National Mall, the event helped trigger a nationwide series of protests, called No Kings, partly out of concern that the D.C. spectacle would take on the look of a North Korean leader reviewing his troops.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
14 June 2025
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Admission to the Moonlight Amphitheatre is $5 per person at the entrance starting at 5 p.m.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Shahn paints himself, camera in hand, at the entrance of a church in Brooklyn where a sermon criticizing one of his murals had been delivered.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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“Gate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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