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
Her inability to mesh with the gatekeepers of the James Bond movies might well have sealed her fate.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 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
Given the iPhone’s status as gatekeeper hardware , these rulings are designed to promote inter-operatbility between all consumer electronic brands.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The terrain is thick with gatekeepers, barriers and stumbling blocks that make getting any project off the ground a sysphean task.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 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
Given the iPhone’s status as gatekeeper hardware , these rulings are designed to promote inter-operatbility between all consumer electronic brands.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The terrain is thick with gatekeepers, barriers and stumbling blocks that make getting any project off the ground a sysphean task.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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The janitors, Mariano Torres and Lester Wilson, filed the lawsuit on Friday in the Southern District of New York.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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The Accountant 2 star told PEOPLE in 2020 that his father, a former janitor, had marked 30 years of sobriety at the time.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Don’t miss the Coconut Hiwa porter, made with toasted coconut, and Pineapple Mana wheat beer.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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This was like in the late nineties, how bad the porters were being treated.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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