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Recent Examples of welcome mat
Say goodbye to this unwanted distinction and roll out the welcome mat for new businesses, economic growth and job creation.
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Scott Shalley, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
The outside is built to look like a storefront, with wreaths on the outside, a welcome mat, even a lawn chair.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
The vast Saudi welcome mat—actually an enormous royal purple carpet—is an indulgent coda to Trump's score of recent economic successes.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
According to the Houston Chronicle, when news broke that Buc-ee’s was looking into the new Florida location some folks were not exactly rolling out the welcome mat.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
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Scott Shalley, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
The outside is built to look like a storefront, with wreaths on the outside, a welcome mat, even a lawn chair.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
The vast Saudi welcome mat—actually an enormous royal purple carpet—is an indulgent coda to Trump's score of recent economic successes.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
According to the Houston Chronicle, when news broke that Buc-ee’s was looking into the new Florida location some folks were not exactly rolling out the welcome mat.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for welcome mat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welcome mat
Noun
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Then there’s David Ellison, whose Skydance Media is on the verge of winning approval to take over Paramount Global, owned for decades by the Sumner Redstone family.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
9 July 2025
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Faster licensing at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation has cut approval times from 33 days to just five, yielding $179 million annually in additional worker earnings.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Reprinted with permission from Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Noni Madueke has been given permission by Chelsea to undergo a medical with Arsenal.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Welcome mat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welcome%20mat. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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