How to Use gateway in a Sentence

gateway

noun
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  • Mourners slowly passed though the gateway of the cemetery.
  • The American sees the Sprints as a gateway to the main race for new fans.
    — Jonathan Hawkins, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
  • My sense is that, for a lot of Gen X-ers, Games was the gateway to puzzles.
    — Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The gateway of revival for the state of California and the nation and the world.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022
  • This knowledge is the gateway for learning to read and write.
    — Abigail A. Allen, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
  • For some, off-roading acts as a gateway to such places.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
  • But after that, for 25 years or so, the San Francisco dock was the gateway to the Rock.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2022
  • For many children, onstage and off, this show is the gateway to dance.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The gateway to the Shanghai database did not have a password.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • These events are the gateway to public life for many who go on to steer cities, counties and states.
    — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • There’s just one road into the port of Carti, gateway to the islands.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The eyes—which are a gateway to the soul of our country—were a center point in the collection as well.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The slim stretch of sea between Spain and Morocco, the gateway to the Mediterranean, is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • So that was our little gateway to be able to get out of Khartoum.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • At the time, the city was seen as a necessary gateway to capturing the whole of the Donbas, one of Putin’s chief aims in the war.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Rain Dogs is the gateway record into the magical world of Tom.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Brunch is the gateway to a good weekend, and no city does it better than Houston.
    — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 2 May 2022
  • But it has not been transformed into a gateway to the bay, which was one of proposals for the site.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The trade gateways involved handle more than half of all goods shipped in containers to and from the U.S.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The gateway project could include a new parking garage.
    — cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Last month, the South Shore Line’s gateway station in north Hammond opened.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The library now serves as a kind of gateway to Harlem River Houses.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Starting in 2025, United Airlines will have a direct flight from Newark to the town of Faro, the gateway to the region.
    — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Sitting on high ground, it is seen as a gateway to the parts of the Donetsk region that are still in Ukrainian hands.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 July 2024
  • Instead, the reverse is true — Chapel Hart are a gateway for fans to learn about what has come before.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This location is deemed to be a key gateway to the northern edges of downtown San Jose.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But the region is both a gateway to the Highlands and home to an illustrious past.
    — Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
  • For more than 20 years, the Google search engine has served as the world’s primary gateway to the internet.
    — Cade Metz, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Serving as the gateway to the Chandelier Room, this space sets the tone for events with its timeless charm and vintage decor.
    — Branded Content Contributor, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
  • Consistency breeds trust, and trust is the gateway to influence.
    — Will Fan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

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