How to Use portal in a Sentence

portal

noun
  • At least in the short term, BYU had to go all in on the portal for 2023.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Of those, the team lost three corners and three safeties to either the NFL draft or the portal.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • These portals of escape are scattered by the dozens on the floor.
    Photographs Kirsten Luce, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • And Apple is one of the biggest search portals on earth.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • At that time, 17 players had left the team through the NCAA’s transfer portal.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The finest valet stands are like a portal or waystation on a journey.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Arizona State hit the transfer portal hard and that could pay off.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • All three of those players are now gone through the transfer portal.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Seems to be many problems with the portal for other issues in the office.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
  • Mika Adams-Woods is leaving the Bearcats via the transfer portal.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • Kansas City job hunters can apply through the city’s job portal.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But the typical path has diminished in the age of the transfer portal.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Marshall Howe, a walk-on who got the bulk of the third-string reps during spring ball, has entered the transfer portal.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
  • How thrilling to see her legacy today through the loving portal of @variety as the number #1 movie of all time.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Sayin quickly entered the transfer portal and chose to play at Ohio State.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In the era of the transfer portal and the ability to get old/stay old, Dutcher has doubled down on the high school market.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Also a nod to the area's history, the foundations and portals of two mines remain on the golf course.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Schools have no obligation to take back a player that has entered the portal.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • Sunday was the final day of the spring window for football players to enter the portal.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The online portal set up by the state allows residents to apply for the tax rebate through Oct. 1.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The portal accepts both standard and open-access datasets in many formats.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Working the transfer portal There’s a common phrase in football: Games are won and lost in the offseason.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The application portal opens in April and will close sometime later in the month or in early May.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On your mobile device, use Safari to head to the Apple Beta portal, and tap Sign up.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
  • When a coach leaves, players can enter the transfer portal and also leave.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The few windows, very high and very small, look like factory exhaust portals.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Two weeks later, two of the team’s defensive backs entered the transfer portal.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The transfer portal was made for Sellers, 55, who has coached in so many places, he is bound to know almost any player available.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s what gets discussed: The conversation starts by getting to know the Hoosiers and their dozens of newcomers by way of the transfer portal.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • And to make sure city officials are doing the task, the measure calls for a public portal where residents can check up on its progress.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024

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