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as in check
a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)
only people with tickets will be allowed past the front gates
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as in label
a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it
the price on the ticket is $20 more than the advertised price
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as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in
people to whom a green card represents a ticket to a better life
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as in key
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal
that entry-level job could be her ticket to a career in big-time advertising
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Recent Examples of ticket
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
Capacity is capped at just 40 tickets spread across four seatings.
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Sam Flemming,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Dana Banker,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Potential use cases include ATMs, ticketing kiosks, retail displays, museums, and automobiles, where multiple occupants could listen to different audio streams without headphones or interfering with one another.
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New Atlas,
14 June 2026
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Noun
Single tickets are $46 per lecture, or visitors can save $24 by purchasing a series pass.
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Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
Capacity is capped at just 40 tickets spread across four seatings.
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Sam Flemming,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Verb
These reporters found thousands of drivers were being ticketed with little recourse to challenge citations.
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Dana Banker,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Potential use cases include ATMs, ticketing kiosks, retail displays, museums, and automobiles, where multiple occupants could listen to different audio streams without headphones or interfering with one another.
—
New Atlas,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticket
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Nejat, who now works for another unionized airline, said no instructors touched trainees during uniform checks there.
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Those wishing to attend the events will need to pass through magnetometers and bag-checks, officials said.
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Being able to provide a more detailed origin on the label gives the producer a story to tell and lends the wine greater exclusivity.
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Tay Keith founded his own record label, DRUMATIZED, to serve artists in the hip-hop and country music spaces.
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Healthcare economists say giving people access to preventive healthcare saves taxpayers money in the long run by keeping the workforce healthy and relieving pressure on an overburdened system.
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Internet outages across Venezuela have been reported by NetBlocks, an independent internet and cybersecurity watchdog, as the United Nations calls on authorities to restore people’s access to social media.
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Add enough of the measured water to loosen the mixture and form a sauce; fluid but not runny is the key.
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The key for Flemings to reach that upside is to improve his gathers, get stronger through his lower half and become an even better shooter.
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Temperatures are expected to jump significantly across Southern California between Tuesday and Thursday this week, which marks the first full week of summer.
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Schwarber’s major league-leading home run total climbed to 28, and the performance marked the fifth three-homer game of his career.
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The whole play might have been cancelled by a foul that was not called on Argentina, leading up to Medina’s pass.
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Almost 30 minutes later, Messi caught Alexander Schlager leaning the wrong way after Thiago Almada let Facuno Medina's pass go by him directly onto Messi's left foot.
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The honest answer is that quality across Turkish clinics varies a lot, so the name on the door matters more than the country itself.
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Once at the front of the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, Sayer fatally shot a man at the main door and another inside, authorities said.
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In Africa and the Middle East, where affordable devices have been the primary gateway to the internet for hundreds of millions of people, the drop is projected to exceed 20 percent.
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No other airline has plans to compete with the carrier, sticking instead to traditional one-stop gateways, like Dubai, Los Angeles, or Singapore.
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“Ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticket. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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