barn door

Example Sentences

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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.

From The Wall Street Journal

He called the mayor's measures "palliative", and a case of "closing the barn door after the horse has bolted".

From BBC

"This is not a barn door easy miss," he said.

From BBC

But ultimately, “access to pasture” means just that—the barn door is open, says Kestrel Burcham, a policy director at the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group.

From National Geographic

She says a pocket or barn door is ideal for a mudroom because a swing door can get in the way.

From Seattle Times