revolving door

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Recent Examples of revolving door The idea of committing to a show that airs a new episode six nights a week for two and a half months straight — featuring a revolving door of 30-or-so contestants and their constantly recalibrating romances — was a lot to wrap my head around. Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 Dec. 2025 Fashion‘s revolving door — which has been spinning at top speed — should slow down considerably in 2026, according to executive search experts. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025 Right back was a revolving door until rookie Ian Pilcher, a center back in college, grabbed hold of the position late in the season. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025 This despite playing with a revolving door at running back, and without starting quarterback Kyler Murray, who has missed the last seven games and won’t return this season because of a foot injury. Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for revolving door
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolving door
Noun
  • The first floor of the home includes a double door entry with views straight through to the lake.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The front of the Fowler Athletic Center at San Diego State includes a pair of double doors that open from the inside out.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to Costa, a preliminary investigation found that the victim was delivering mail to the residence when a 5-year-old pit bull forced the storm door open and attacked him.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
  • Ralph rang the bell and when the door opened, Lester, who is white, fired a handgun at him through the glass of the storm door, per a probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Different arrangements of these hydrogen bonds can shape ice’s crystalline structure into various configurations, from a hexagonal prism to a cubic lattice to less familiar lattice systems such as rhombohedral and tetragonal.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Gustave Eiffel's controversial wrought-iron lattice tower has been polarizing Parisians since it was built for the 1889 World's Fair, but today, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable landmarks in the city—and the world.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • To O’Connor, humor is a trapdoor, a way to disarm the audience in order to deliver that emotional payload.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Similar to the Broadway musical, the new movie ends with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and her strawman swain Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) walking into the sunset away from Oz, after the revelation that Elphaba staged her own melting death by hiding under a trapdoor.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025

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“Revolving door.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolving%20door. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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