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doorway

[dawr-wey, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ˈdoʊr- /












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Horton-built house in Slidell, La., with a ramp to the porch, a wide doorway and a community pond in the backyard that reminded her husband of his childhood on the bayou.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Guards could be seen blocking the doorway to one building on Monday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

"I like to think about it as walking through a doorway into how humankind explores the solar system going forward."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

They recognized the doorway, in other words, but they weren’t falling through it the way I was.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

By that time I remembered the limpets floating around in the pail by the doorway.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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