Thesaurus results for GATEKEEPER

gatekeeper

noun

ˈgāt-ˌkē-pər

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 Perhaps no one at the center has gotten to know Brooks better than his executive assistant, Elizabeth Uhl, who has been at the center for four years and has been his gatekeeper since September. —

Cheryl Hall, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 Blogs, tweets, and podcasts bypass traditional gatekeepers, bringing a wider array of voices into literary spaces that once seemed impenetrable. —

Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 As court composer and music gatekeeper, Salieri has power and position. —

Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026 The leadership of film and cultural institutions has been handed to political appointees with no professional qualifications, whose primary function is to act as gatekeepers and censors. —

Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper

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Noun

The documents also detail the scale of the personnel required to build and manage the temporary lock-up, from janitors to laundry workers to cooks, translators to legal case managers to IT staff.

— Kate Payne, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
The audience was previously told that that problem was meant to be incredibly difficult, taking years of expert thinking to resolve, yet it was quickly worked out by Damon’s insightful janitor in just moments.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2026