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
As the finale begins, the Nova Corps shoots down their ship, but the heroes are saved via magical portals and transported to Kamar-Taj.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Insurance companies should provide transparent, real time dashboards for denial rates, and time sensitive appeal portals.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Internet pioneer Yahoo was a goliath in its late 1990s salad days, when web portals and search engines were as influential as AI is today in reshaping the tech landscape.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Equivalent to a cosmic gateway, eclipse portals mark the two-week window where fate accelerates, timelines shift and life-altering events begin to unfold at lightning speed.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The success of three female artists could be an outlier, driven by the influence of social media and streaming portals.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Insurance companies should provide transparent, real time dashboards for denial rates, and time sensitive appeal portals.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Internet pioneer Yahoo was a goliath in its late 1990s salad days, when web portals and search engines were as influential as AI is today in reshaping the tech landscape.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Equivalent to a cosmic gateway, eclipse portals mark the two-week window where fate accelerates, timelines shift and life-altering events begin to unfold at lightning speed.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The success of three female artists could be an outlier, driven by the influence of social media and streaming portals.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Patients have unprecedented access to their medical records, often through online patient portals such as MyChart, because federal law requires health organizations to immediately release electronic health information, such as notes on doctor visits and test results.
—Kate Ruder, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portals
Noun
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Several stores, including grocery chains and retail giants, will be closing their doors in October.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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But with all of its functionality, my favorite part is the ribbed effect on the doors, which creates a gorgeous, textured look.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those looking to explore national parks may find gates shut or doors locked.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Furthermore, operations like gates and measurements introduce high error rates.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Portals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portals. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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