as in doors
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 portals
City officials are completing permitting and logistical details with San Diego Gas & Electric to install 750 to 800 charging portals at 59 locations — 20 library branches and 39 pools or recreation centers.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
As these devices mature, expect more cross-talk with health portals, with regulators nudging standards for accuracy and security.
—William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Through these stories, audiences learned to view extravagant dwellings as not just emblems of individual success but portals into a fantasy life.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Currently, insurance companies utilize online portals for customers to submit claims.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Data represents the 700-some Flock contracts with jurisdictions that have enabled public transparency portals.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
The University of Tennessee Medical Center will pay out a settlement to those who had patient portals between January 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
At the time, a colleague and I were investigating why online recruitment portals were bursting with job ads when data suggested the formal labor market was shrinking.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
As portals to continuously evolving data, macroscopes can serve as windows to the dynamics of any terrain — personal or professional, local or global — offering key insights on our surroundings and even our place in the universe.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
As these devices mature, expect more cross-talk with health portals, with regulators nudging standards for accuracy and security.
—William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Through these stories, audiences learned to view extravagant dwellings as not just emblems of individual success but portals into a fantasy life.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Currently, insurance companies utilize online portals for customers to submit claims.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Data represents the 700-some Flock contracts with jurisdictions that have enabled public transparency portals.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
The University of Tennessee Medical Center will pay out a settlement to those who had patient portals between January 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
At the time, a colleague and I were investigating why online recruitment portals were bursting with job ads when data suggested the formal labor market was shrinking.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
As portals to continuously evolving data, macroscopes can serve as windows to the dynamics of any terrain — personal or professional, local or global — offering key insights on our surroundings and even our place in the universe.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portals
Noun
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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
Noun
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Celebrini has since doubled down by exploding out of the gates for the San Jose Sharks this season and looking like a mini-Crosby in terms of his 200-foot game.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Block off hazards such as stairs and pools using gates or fencing.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Portals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portals. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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