portals

plural of portal
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 Large rooms with picture windows and a rooftop restaurant, Skywalker Grill, provide portals to downtown and the park. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Almost all of the county’s spans use Burr arch trusses and wear the region’s signature combination of barn-red siding and white portals. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026 Most businesses, government agencies and medical practices have secure portals for online payments. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 That growing reliance on patient portals caught the attention of Mary M. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 With the portals and time travel, the story requires an open mind. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Many credit card issuers have their own portals where users can get access to special events or perks, including American Express. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 Smooth plaster tunnels extending from the gallery edges lead you, like portals to another world, to three respite-providing viewing points. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 This is why a practice can roll out AI across every function and end the year with the same number of billers logging in to the same portals. — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portals
Noun
  • Today’s mission is about smashing in crypt doors with a battering ram.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Along with Global Citizen Festival, the three-day All Things Go NYC Festival was canceled just hours before doors were set to open on Friday afternoon due to the extreme weather conditions affecting the city.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Players have to open three gates, but stay ahead of the Death Parade.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The azaleas growing by the new hospital’s gates are in full bloom, a bright pink that makes my eyes sore.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Portals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portals. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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