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as in gate
the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure he stood in the doorway until we finally invited him in

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Recent Examples of doorway Avalon residents have been documenting cracks appearing around doorways, at the entrance to elevators, and along staircases, with visible gaps between the walls and the floor, Lawler told The Bergen Record. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025 But today, browsers have become the doorway to modern applications, connecting to services, managing complex workflows and accessing your most sensitive data. Anand Oswal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 In the next scene, she is seen cutting a large board panel elsewhere in her home before she's later shown painting the edges of the cupboard's arched doorway. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 Roche used the approach in her foyer, hanging wallpaper and doorway curtains in the same painterly stripe. Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doorway
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Noun
  • Among the rest of the cast, Omar Miller is excellent as Cornbread, a sharecropper who works the door of the club, and Li Jun Li as Grace, part of the Chinese couple (with Yao as Bo Chow) who run the grocery stores for both the poor and the rich in town.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • YoungBoy Never Broke Again should be expecting a knock on his door and a fresh batch of homemade cookies some time real soon.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With sixty points in 14th place in the Derby standings, East Avenue seems well above this year’s cut, but his connections are still mulling an appearance on May 4 in the Churchill gate.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • One example: The early trailers show a massive horde of infected attacking the gates surrounding the Jackson, Wyo., community run by Maria (True Blood and Queen Sugar star Rutina Wesley), the wife of Joel's brother, Tommy (FUBAR's Gabriel Luna).
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, the projector has a quick access menu to adjust settings for gaming, a low latency frame interpolation that's automatically activated in game mode, and more.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • As a bonus for new members, the travel bundle also comes with three months of unlimited streaming access to Pvolve’s library of over 1,500 classes.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those fees are in addition to the cost of entrance passes into Sequoia National Park (which starts at $20).
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike previous James action figures from McFarlane Toys and Starting Lineup that depict him in an NBA uniform, the first NBA Ken doll will feature the future Hall of Famer in an adjustable, multi-accessory outfit worthy of a pre-game entrance to the locker room.
    David Betancourt, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Upon entering the white wood-sided and brick structure, an entry foyer immediately reveals river and marsh vistas.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Mount Fuji is taking another step toward curbing overtourism by doubling its entry fee this summer.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know The Ukrainian president told a press briefing on Friday that Kyiv had received a draft agreement on its valuable resources from the U.S. But a Ukrainian media outlet said the deal may go against the economic sovereignty required for Kyiv's EU accession.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • After their eldest daughter's big day, the King and Queen will hit the road again to go to Japan from April 23 to April 25 for an accession visit.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Doorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorway. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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