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gatekeeper

noun

ˈgāt-ˌkē-pər

Definition of gatekeeper

as in janitor

a person who tends a door those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope

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Recent Examples of gatekeeper The third principle is that the gatekeepers built a system that is optimized for their outcomes, not yours. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 8 July 2026 Regulators are both being transformed by AI and acting as the gatekeepers deciding how much of its gains reach the financial industry. — Matthew White, Fortune, 7 July 2026 My role as documentarian, gatekeeper, and distributor of memories was becoming obsolete. — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026 And some of American soccer's gatekeepers don't seem very happy about it. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper

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Parents found out in February that the school’s janitor and maintenance worker, Caleb Crawford, had been convicted and imprisoned for touching a 12-year-old girl in 2016.

— Rachel Royster July 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Landon built relationships with the janitors and grounds crew, always stopping to chat.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 July 2026

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Well that was a shitty situation 🙂‍↕️ Authorities were called to an area in Kansas City, Missouri because the heard knocking and screaming inside a porter potty.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Most of the early craft beers were ales, like pale ales, IPAs, porters and stouts.

— Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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