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 terrain is thick with gatekeepers, barriers and stumbling blocks that make getting any project off the ground a sysphean task.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The Trump Administration’s actions, along with financial contractions in the media space, provide gatekeepers a justification for pulling back on BIPOC storytelling.
—Anthony Kaufman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
Alphabet was designated a gatekeeper over its Google Search and Google Play functions, whereas Apple was designated over its iPadOS operating system for tablets.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
Our free speech tradition is based on a firm belief that those in power do not get to be the gatekeeper of the marketplace of ideas.
—Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The Trump Administration’s actions, along with financial contractions in the media space, provide gatekeepers a justification for pulling back on BIPOC storytelling.
—Anthony Kaufman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
Alphabet was designated a gatekeeper over its Google Search and Google Play functions, whereas Apple was designated over its iPadOS operating system for tablets.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
Our free speech tradition is based on a firm belief that those in power do not get to be the gatekeeper of the marketplace of ideas.
—Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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An older African American painter Ed Clark (1926-2019) had pioneered this gambit earlier by painting with a janitor’s push broom.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The wage move affects employees of companies that contract with the federal government, such as janitors and food service workers.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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This strategy could reduce the number of trips high-altitude workers need to take through the Khumbu Icefall, improving safety by trimming down on the number of trips a porter will make.—
Ben Ayers,
Outside Online,
10 Apr. 2025
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So scores of them visited the homes of the porters to share literature about the union.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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