as in doors
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road
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Recent Examples of portals
Some of the windows are rectangular, but many others are ovals, resembling cruise ship portals.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
One reason for the popularity of cash-pay portals for obesity drugs is that many patients don’t have the option of going through their insurers since the medications aren’t covered.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Business Insider hired a data intelligence firm to test job portals.
—Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
Are companies going to waste time building their own sales portals and training workers on them?
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
For applicants who have limited digital literacy, no home internet or difficulties navigating online portals, this type of in-person help can shorten enrollment time significantly.
—William Jones, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Users were pushed into portals, apps, call centers, or insecure links, creating friction and abandonment.
—Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recurring parentheticals create nooks on the page, opening portals onto passing thoughts or faraway places (a balmy beach, a portside terrace), while forays into the present tense momentarily suspend narrative time with liveness and immediacy, particularly at moments of heightened emotion.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Others mimic mobile login portals for popular services such as Okta, Microsoft 365 or VPN services.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
One reason for the popularity of cash-pay portals for obesity drugs is that many patients don’t have the option of going through their insurers since the medications aren’t covered.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Business Insider hired a data intelligence firm to test job portals.
—Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
Are companies going to waste time building their own sales portals and training workers on them?
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
For applicants who have limited digital literacy, no home internet or difficulties navigating online portals, this type of in-person help can shorten enrollment time significantly.
—William Jones, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Users were pushed into portals, apps, call centers, or insecure links, creating friction and abandonment.
—Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recurring parentheticals create nooks on the page, opening portals onto passing thoughts or faraway places (a balmy beach, a portside terrace), while forays into the present tense momentarily suspend narrative time with liveness and immediacy, particularly at moments of heightened emotion.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Others mimic mobile login portals for popular services such as Okta, Microsoft 365 or VPN services.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portals
Noun
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These wooden beds are painted a shade of teal that echoes the doors on the outbuilding and matches the surrounding fence and gates to tie the entire space together.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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Or hold a burning incense stick around the windows and doors, and watch for any abnormal smoke movement.—
Michelle Ullman,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
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Parallel giant slalom requires speed and precision as riders race side-by-side downhill, slaloming around the gates on two separate quasi-identical courses.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Instead, viewers were faced with one of the more excruciating scenes in recent sports memory as Vonn’s body went limp while rounding one of the course’s first gates.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Portals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portals. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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