welcome mat

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Recent Examples of welcome mat But the welcome mat won’t stay out for long. Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026 The welcome mat went out to brands. Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026 Liven up your front porch in record time with seasonal container gardens, a fresh welcome mat, and a front door wreath. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026 Those benefits are especially important at a time when the welcome mat is being pulled away for many of these students. Charles L. Welch, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for welcome mat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welcome mat
Noun
  • Jolly replaced him and, within two months, secured Moreno’s approval to hire the architect of a World Series championship team to figure out what was not right in the organization, and to fix it.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • One reason ibogaine has struggled to win approval in the past is a lack of financial incentive, Barsuglia said.
    Gavin Escott, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • He was granted permission to travel to New York for the event.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • What the Council's change adds is not access to green finance but permission to badge the whole enterprise, oil growth included, as transition.
    Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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“Welcome mat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welcome%20mat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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