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Recent Examples of welcome mat
Travel is always better when a destination rolls out the welcome mat, and one Texas city is considered better at doing that than any other in the United States.
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
The Ducks will play their next six games in Southern California, five at home, beginning with rolling out the welcome mat for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
Think rugs, or pet beds, or your welcome mat that’s always askew.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The welcome mat that was there for decades for Cubans has essentially been withdrawn.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
The Ducks will play their next six games in Southern California, five at home, beginning with rolling out the welcome mat for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
Think rugs, or pet beds, or your welcome mat that’s always askew.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The welcome mat that was there for decades for Cubans has essentially been withdrawn.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for welcome mat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welcome mat
Noun
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One Denver couple's nearly year-long journey for city approval to revamp the old Yates Theater in Denver's Berkeley neighborhood, which has sat vacant for decades, makes its final leg next week.—
Chierstin Roth
March 2,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Happiness means pursuing intrinsic rather than extrinsic goals One of the biggest lies that Old Happy tells us, Harrison explains, is that the pursuit of extrinsic goals and external approval — popularity, conformity, financial success, aesthetic beauty — is the key to happiness.—
Nina Zipkin,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During that period, food manufacturers asked the FDA’s permission to introduce a new substance only 10 times, according to the analysis.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Exceptions were carved out for students with health needs, emergencies or teacher permission for educational reasons.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Welcome mat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welcome%20mat. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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