welcome mat

noun

Definition of welcome matnext
as in open door

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Recent Examples of welcome mat Even though the camera is pointed out towards the street, the angle of the photo is such that the viewer can peer into her front room and see her welcome mat and floorboards. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Seattle is rolling out the welcome mat for this summer’s international competition! — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026 Georgia has no official welcome mat for providers like Adams who offer unproven or risky procedures, but the state has become a safe harbor for them, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found. — Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 1 June 2026 The nation’s welcome mats have been doing a lot less welcoming lately. — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for welcome mat
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  1. approval
  2. permission
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  • Community colleges that want to offer non-credit classes are able to move especially fast, because the approval process is less cumbersome.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Government support can improve access to financing and, of course, accelerate approvals, which will give customers greater confidence that nuclear power will remain part of long-term energy policy.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of approval
Noun
  • The core challenge is agents' ability to exploit existing weaknesses at scale, necessitating improved governance and careful permission management.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If a parent denies permission, the platform will automatically revert to a chronological feed of posts shared by people the child already follows, resembling social media apps before the rise of algorithms.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of permission

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