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 For those looking to go beyond obtaining residency, golden passports go further by granting citizenship. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 She was ordered to surrender all travel documents, including passports and visas. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 The Savannah Bananas are going to need passports with Banana Ball going international for the first time in 2027. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 But in the flurry of securing passports and confirming hotel reservations, travelers often fail to pack products that combat the moisture-zapping airplane cabins and surfaces that might not be so clean in airports. — Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2026 For travelers who treat their passports as unofficial scrapbooks, few souvenirs are as satisfying as a fresh immigration stamp. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 MacKenzie Teymouri said in court that the defendants held American, Chinese and Mexican passports, and two law enforcement sources told The Times that Xuan and Zhang are Chinese nationals with dual citizenship. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, with new digital product passports (DPPs) and regulations coming, traceability has gone from a trend to a must-have in the industry. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Targeted under McCarthyism, both Robesons had their passports revoked by the US government for five years. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passports
  1. keys
  2. accessions
  3. tickets
  4. doors
  5. gateways
  6. entries
  7. accesses
  8. entrances
Noun
  • The network starts out with random weights that produce unhelpful queries, keys, and values, and thus poor translations.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Its latest annual Gboard experiment flips this dynamic on its head with moving keys that eventually roll into position right under your finger.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 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
  • Alfozan, his wife and another family member had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia, according to the complaint.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • As of now tickets for the two games in Atlanta are under $100, but that could change closer to game time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of tickets
Noun
  • Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • On the aesthetic front, Vanadium Grey Metallic accents on the sideview-mirror covers, the wheels, the model-designation decals on the doors, and on the badge at the rear help distinguish the latest Carrera T from its siblings.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • Cargo on ships that have diverted away from the Hormuz is backing up at the region’s alternative gateways.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As one of the principal gateways into the Saudi capital and a foundation stone of the entire Vision 2030 project, the Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s airport directly threaten the Kingdom’s strategy.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of gateways
Noun
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Five entries appearing in the notice refer to variations of his name and identify the same individual.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • This week, the Royals unveiled new renderings of what their future stadium in Crown Center will look like, with dramatic plaza entrances and a design that highlights Kansas City’s natural features and surrounding landmarks.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • As the first Black Demon Deacon, Dobbs became known for his exuberant dance moves and unforgettable entrances into Groves Stadium.
    — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of entrances

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“Passports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passports. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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