as in janitor
a person who tends a door
those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope
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Recent Examples of gatekeeper
The huge demand for accounts used for misbehavior gives banks a crucial, and not always welcome, role as gatekeepers — a responsibility required by U.S. law — to prevent criminals from opening accounts or engaging in money laundering.
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Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Such precedent has been the foundation of a years-long campaign from music labels and production companies to curb piracy by suing the gatekeepers to the internet for turning a blind eye to users who illegally download content.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
That means no investors, no overhead, no gatekeepers and, perhaps most importantly, no burnout.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
They are no longer restricted by platform gatekeepers.
—William Jones, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Such precedent has been the foundation of a years-long campaign from music labels and production companies to curb piracy by suing the gatekeepers to the internet for turning a blind eye to users who illegally download content.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
That means no investors, no overhead, no gatekeepers and, perhaps most importantly, no burnout.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
They are no longer restricted by platform gatekeepers.
—William Jones, USA Today, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gatekeeper
Noun
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How many janitors and clerks—who commute for hours from Tehran’s poorest suburbs—are now dead or injured?—
Siamak Namazi,
Time,
25 June 2025
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The janitors who clean their classrooms don’t have a four-year limit before being forced to find another job.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Home to eight of the world’s ten highest peaks, a dense network of trails, and an unrivaled trekking infrastructure of lodges, guides, and porters, Nepal is perhaps the world’s ultimate hiking destination.—
Bradley Mayhew,
Outside Online,
2 July 2025
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Players start out making these deliveries on foot — inspired by the real-life traditional Japanese porters known as Bokka.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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