- present tense form of gate (3rd person singular).
gates
Example Sentences
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The suggestion is that the Journal had somehow opened the gates to all kinds of AI “slop.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Other nights I’m still Zooming, setting the rules and opening the gates, grateful to my former employer for helping me develop a personal method of teaching that still has legs 30 years later.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Todd Graves, who is still co-CEO, opened the first location 30 years ago this month—Aug. 28, 1996, to be exact—across the gates from Louisiana State University.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The situation in Qusra first began on Sunday when settlers blocked the road to the Palestinian families' gates and cut off their power and water supplies.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
When the horses drew up to the graveyard’s towering iron gates, she descended the carriage steps, and greeted the cemetery’s watchman.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
