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Recent Examples of trapdoor
Scientists dug around the trapdoor to catch the bristly animal — and discovered a new species.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
Instead, Markiewicz said, the team decided to keep the quest a little more grounded, eschewing magic altogether and having Geralt dropped through a trapdoor into a pit of spiders.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
These elements might appear to be in opposition to one another, but the band’s capacity to hold them in balance is arguably its defining achievement; all three are crucial, in different ways, to whatever trapdoor occasionally opens up mid-set.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
But instead of using chemicals, public key cryptography uses mathematical puzzles called trapdoor functions.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
Instead, Markiewicz said, the team decided to keep the quest a little more grounded, eschewing magic altogether and having Geralt dropped through a trapdoor into a pit of spiders.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
These elements might appear to be in opposition to one another, but the band’s capacity to hold them in balance is arguably its defining achievement; all three are crucial, in different ways, to whatever trapdoor occasionally opens up mid-set.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
But instead of using chemicals, public key cryptography uses mathematical puzzles called trapdoor functions.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
Noun
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The entrance to the car park even passes under a portcullis and guests’ bags go through an X-ray machine hidden in the rock-face.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The prior owner went all out on building a Medieval-style castle, with a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis.—
Katherine Clarke,
WSJ,
3 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Textile composite’s on-demand dimpling The textile composite’s on-demand dimpling is the result of a lattice pattern.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Oct. 2025
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All this is wrapped in a soft body made of custom 3D lattice polymer structures and wrapped in machine washable fabric.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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The front of the house features double doors and two floor-to-ceiling windows to bring in as much natural light as possible.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
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Prefab Customizable Tiny Home This cabin-style tiny home is easy to set up and primed to let in gorgeous natural light with a glass double door entrance and a number of windows surrounding the house.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Yes, that Palazzo di Amore, the same opulent megamansion where Twitch superstar Kai Cenat has been livestreaming with a revolving door of A-list guests since September.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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The space between them, however, has been a revolving door of restaurants over that time.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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That volume, paired with his control and wicket-taking threat, is what Australia would miss most.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Green Street’s impressive large white arches — referred to as wickets and reaching 25 feet in height — also incorporate design elements of Everything Changes with a Dream with maple-leaf patterns similar to the large sculpture.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some due diligence is required to understand what happens when your cannabis goes down the hatch, but never fear.—
Carly Fisher,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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The slide-out module on the trailer's left expands the interior to comfortably fit a transverse double bed, while the open hatch on the opposite side can support an auxiliary tent to grow out the sheltered space.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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