Thesaurus results for PORTAL

portal

noun

ˈpȯr-tᵊl

as in door

a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road

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Recent Examples of portal However, college basketball has never featured a greater disparity between the haves and the have-nots, largely due to the transfer portal, which allows powerhouses like Florida to snatch mid-major stars with such swiftness that the sport has yet to take preventative action. —

Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026 In the transfer portal and NIL era, many players who might’ve been diamonds in the smaller-school-rough have already been discovered. —

Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026 Nyla Harris joined the Tar Heels from Louisville in the transfer portal. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Conklin was a freshman All-American in 2024, passing for 2,876 passing yards and 28 touchdowns through the air before signing with Fresno State via the transfer portal after Marion came aboard with his own quarterback prospects. —

Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portal

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Lastly, guests will also notice that the in-room HVAC system is integrated with all balcony doors, resulting in the automatic shutdown of the system when the door is left open.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026
Once the girls got into the car, the man locked the doors and exposed himself, according to LAPD investigators.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026