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portal

noun

ˈpȯr-tᵊl

Definition of portal

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 This baseball player upped his salary in the transfer portal. — Pj Green october 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 The Michigan Wolverines are on the cusp of dipping into the transfer portal and signing two players who could help them at multiple positions this season. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The players’ win brought confusion over whether the injunction applied only to eligibility rules or extended to related rules, such as the transfer portal. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Through online portals, people can often view their test results before a clinician has the chance to review them. — Amiran Baduashvili, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for portal

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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

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The other 20 developers, out there, this would open gate over here.

— Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Researchers estimated in 2017 that simulating the ground-state energy of FeMoco, an iron-sulfur cluster involved in biological nitrogen fixation, would require roughly 50 trillion Toffoli gates.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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