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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 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
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Medieval amenities include a moat, two watchtowers and two gates, a drawbridge, an underground cave (complete with a Jacuzzi!), trap doors, and a genuine portcullis (a metal-and-wood gate typically seen in medieval fortresses).—
Mary Elizabeth Andriotis,
House Beautiful,
20 Jan. 2022
Noun
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Instead of destroying the molecules (which is what most people thought would happen), the beam caused the hydrogens to detach and the carbons to link up, thereby slowly building up a diamond lattice.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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For decades, physicists have attempted to do so by approximating the quantum field as a discrete lattice of points.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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The 2,300-year-old tomb had two rooms — an entrance chamber and a burial chamber — originally connected with a double door, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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An accompanying image shows the double doors tucked neatly into the walls, their dark wood and vintage fittings visible as if untouched for years.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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This, combined with pre-existing issues with FEMA – webs of red tape and a revolving door of guidance – contribute to a lack of efficiency plaguing the organization and fears of major delays to the recovery process, leaders say.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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What this meant was that half the team was unshakeable, and the other half was like a revolving door.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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By the 20th over, Pakistan lost six wickets and the following overs continued to collapse the remaining order.—
Paras J. Haji,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In The Hundred, he’s taken six wickets in five games for Trent Rockets at an average of just 13.33.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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The chassis benefits from parts from a different Civic—the Type-R hot hatch.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Because how could someone be sitting inside a side doorway in a mini-teardrop that only has a rear hatch entry?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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