passports

noun

plural of passport
1
as in keys
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career

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2
as in accessions
the means or right of entering or participating in to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven

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Recent Examples of passports In 2012, after China issued passports containing a map depicting Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, the Indian embassy in Beijing responded by stamping visas for Chinese nationals with a map showing the two regions as part of India. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026 The index, which monitors the travel freedoms offered by passports around the world based on the number of destinations their holders can visit visa-free or visa-on-demand, shows that US travel documents are no longer among the most powerful. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 Asia and Europe made strong showings on the list of most peaceful countries and strongest passports. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 Before leaving home, make sure everyone has the necessary passports, IDs and paperwork. — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026 Sanders noted that the president’s proclamation, which imposed a partial travel ban on holders of Antigua and Barbuda passports, contained several factual errors. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026 Foreigners who invest in their economies, buy real estate or pay their governments directly gain passports that allow visa-free travel to more than 140 countries and territories, including much of Europe. — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 18 July 2026 That's great advice that also applies to smartphones, passports, glasses, and other small but essential loose items. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 18 July 2026 These citizenships offer immense benefits like access to labor markets, education, healthcare, and strong passports, with both nations recognizing dual citizenship. — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passports
  1. keys
  2. accessions
  3. tickets
  4. doors
  5. gateways
  6. entries
  7. accesses
  8. entrances
Noun
  • There’s also the technical and organizational overhead of maintaining and supporting old versions and their associated keys indefinitely.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • Being an 80% keyboard, the MQ80 has the exact same number as tenkeyless, but IQUNIX compresses the layout, shifting the arrow keys, delete, home, end, page up and page down and others to the right.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of keys
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
Noun
  • This week in Atlanta, head to Piedmont Park for an ice cream and wellness festival, get tickets to a summer picnic pop-up from Smoking Tiger Club and listen to live jazz music at Little Tart After Dark.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • Portugal has laws restricting the resale of tickets, and some within the Spanish government have tried to legislate a crackdown.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of tickets
Noun
  • Walking through the doors of Valkyrie Arms Training in Meridian, you are greeted by a large mural of 19th century women on the Western frontier, dressed in period gowns and gazing into the distance — and wielding firearms.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
  • Entertaining spaces spill outdoors via large sliding glass doors onto a covered patio and upper balcony, while a wine cellar offers a fitting place to unwind after a day on the links.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • The airline serves 12 major gateways in the United States, including New York (JFK), Newark, Los Angeles, Chicago O’Hare, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Francisco, Washington Dulles, Miami, Seattle/Tacoma, and Orlando.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
  • Organizations should implement identity and access controls, apply policy enforcement layers and action restrictions, and use sandboxing and centralized gateways for all interactions.
    — Sumeet Agrawal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of gateways
Noun
  • The database entries do not list any citations or penalties on the inspection-detail pages.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • The charter system was created to generate immediate value for NTT IndyCar Series team owners and their entries and is expected to grow over time as the sport continues its upward trajectory.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Book through various companies, such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up at any of the nearby public beach accesses.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • Three entry points Visitors have three choices to enter the Okefenokee — the east, west and north entrances, each with its own public amenities and natural qualities.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The city’s Historic Preservation Committee also recommended adding signs and monuments along Elk Grove Boulevard to mark entrances into the historic district, according to the staff report.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of entrances

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“Passports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passports. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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