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as in keys
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal
hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job
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as in doors
the means or right of entering or participating in
Denver is the gateway to the West
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Recent Examples of gateways
For ALL Accor, that means using hotels not just as places to sleep, but as gateways into culture, sport, music and food.
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Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Founders traditionally had to integrate various Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), negotiate with nationwide pharmacy fulfillment centers, build custom payment gateways, and establish strict HIPAA compliance.
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Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
At the time, rates had been plummeting from their annual peak of nearly $6,000 that July, when mass diversions away from the Red Sea resulted in elevated congestion at some of the busiest gateways worldwide including the Ports of Singapore, Shanghai and Ningbo.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
No other airline has plans to compete with the carrier, sticking instead to traditional one-stop gateways, like Dubai, Los Angeles, or Singapore.
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Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Amtrak has several routes that stop directly in cities that are gateways to some of the most popular national parks in the US.
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Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Airbnb specifically highlights Sevierville, Tennessee—the hometown of Dolly Parton and one of the gateways to Great Smoky Mountains National Park—as a destination worth adding to your summer radar.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
And while the film industry is one often considered to be ruled by informal gateways and insider circles, thus far, the Rover team hasn’t encountered any pushback from directors uneager to share their secrets.
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Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Gaiman works like The Sandman and American Gods have served as inviting gateways to imaginary worlds for multiple generations of readers and viewers.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Founders traditionally had to integrate various Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), negotiate with nationwide pharmacy fulfillment centers, build custom payment gateways, and establish strict HIPAA compliance.
—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
At the time, rates had been plummeting from their annual peak of nearly $6,000 that July, when mass diversions away from the Red Sea resulted in elevated congestion at some of the busiest gateways worldwide including the Ports of Singapore, Shanghai and Ningbo.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
No other airline has plans to compete with the carrier, sticking instead to traditional one-stop gateways, like Dubai, Los Angeles, or Singapore.
—
Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Amtrak has several routes that stop directly in cities that are gateways to some of the most popular national parks in the US.
—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Airbnb specifically highlights Sevierville, Tennessee—the hometown of Dolly Parton and one of the gateways to Great Smoky Mountains National Park—as a destination worth adding to your summer radar.
—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
And while the film industry is one often considered to be ruled by informal gateways and insider circles, thus far, the Rover team hasn’t encountered any pushback from directors uneager to share their secrets.
—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Gaiman works like The Sandman and American Gods have served as inviting gateways to imaginary worlds for multiple generations of readers and viewers.
—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gateways
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Larger keys and signatures increase load on protocols, bandwidth and latency, and expose constraints in devices designed for a smaller cryptographic footprint.
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The thieves then find vehicle keys the victims may hide in places such as magnetic lockboxes and steal the vehicle or other valuables such as credit cards, Grieshaber said.
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When tragedy struck, the couple was at their own cabin, while Brooke and Blair were staying with their grandparents Mike, 77, and Charlene Harber, 75, at a friend's place a couple of doors down.
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As night falls, the doors open and the nearly 5,000 attendees walk in.
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From there, oversized doorways lead into formal living and dining rooms.
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And then, slowly, building the kind of inner architecture that makes the narrow doorways visible again.
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Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin rank among the states with the most jackpot-winning tickets.
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Sonia Sotomayor reported just over $88,000 in royalties from Penguin Random House for multiple books, as well as $4,333 in value for concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment—the company that represents Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny.
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Thirty minutes after gates were meant to open to the free event, small crowds were still waiting outside security entrances as organizers sorted out power outages and moved the last of the construction material out of view.
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These areas often have awkward entrances and lack ventilation, which allows heat to build quickly.
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Delta has bid for and appears to be the likely winner for control of two gates, the ticketing lobby and support space previously controlled by Spirit Airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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More than 30,000 complimentary Dasani water bottles will be distributed to fans entering through the First Base, Third Base and Left Field gates, courtesy of Liberty Coke Bottlers.
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In 1976, The Times described the center as a place to prepare for an overseas trip where visitors could get passports and visas, as well as exchange dollars for francs, marks, rubles and other currency.
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Roughly 40,000 of the special-edition passports are expected to be issued and will become available starting July 6, according to the State Department.
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This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
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Book through various companies, such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up at any of the nearby public beach accesses.
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“Gateways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gateways. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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