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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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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
Foreign passports and bedding are strewn across the rooms, but both captors and victims are long gone.
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Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
With the introduction of digital product passports (DPPs), the end-to-end traceability across the product value chains provides comprehensive information about each product’s origins, materials, environmental impact and disposal recommendations used by brands, resellers and consumers alike.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Lucy accompanied Vonn everywhere on tour, even holding three passports.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The index considers 199 passports and 227 destinations.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the State Department, altered passports are among the most common types of passport fraud.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Those tools will use passenger information along with photographs provided in passports or visa applications to verify a traveler’s identity.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Those who do are monitored by the Ministry of Public Security, which issues the necessary passports and permissions.
—Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
So far, the EU’s ecodesign for sustainable products regulation, which will include pro-circularity mandates for certain thresholds of recycled content, the use of digital product passports and a ban on destroying unsold consumer goods, has been allowed to continue apace largely unscathed.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
With the introduction of digital product passports (DPPs), the end-to-end traceability across the product value chains provides comprehensive information about each product’s origins, materials, environmental impact and disposal recommendations used by brands, resellers and consumers alike.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Lucy accompanied Vonn everywhere on tour, even holding three passports.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The index considers 199 passports and 227 destinations.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the State Department, altered passports are among the most common types of passport fraud.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Those tools will use passenger information along with photographs provided in passports or visa applications to verify a traveler’s identity.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Those who do are monitored by the Ministry of Public Security, which issues the necessary passports and permissions.
—Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
So far, the EU’s ecodesign for sustainable products regulation, which will include pro-circularity mandates for certain thresholds of recycled content, the use of digital product passports and a ban on destroying unsold consumer goods, has been allowed to continue apace largely unscathed.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passports
Noun
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At Le Méridien Columbus, The Joseph, guests receive room keys that double as all-access passes to local museums and galleries through the hotel’s Unlock Art program.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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John put the bikes onto their truck with the keys inside, and left them in the driveway of their home in Maplewood, per the outlet.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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The United waivers and refund policies will even apply to passengers who have non-refundable or basic-economy tickets.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and received the Billboard Legends of Live award for its blockbuster co-headline tour with Def Leppard in 2018, which sold more than 1 million tickets.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Costco is known to close its doors on major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Nov. 2025
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With tuition around $400 a semester, the programs are among the most affordable in Miami-Dade, opening doors to steady jobs in fields where demand remains high and where artificial intelligence is unlikely to replace human hands.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Rural plans can get expensive — especially for satellite equipment or wireless gateways.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Today, those gateways echo a different rhythm.—
Imran Khalid,
Boston Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Her journal entries turn despairing and remorseful, colored by moral outrage.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Features like no-step entries, wider doorways, and first-floor living can be incorporated into a home's design.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Book through various companies such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up on any of the nearby public beach accesses.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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Messengers had to use side or back entrances when delivering contracts and blueprints and photobooks to banks, law firms, and fashion houses.—
Evan Friss,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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The road closures came just days before the park was scheduled to shutter its East, South, and West entrances for the winter season.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Passports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passports. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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