gates

[geyts] / geɪts /

NOUN

movable barrier at entrance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar door doorway exit fence port

STRONG

access conduit egress gateway issue lock opening passage portal portcullis slammer turnstile way weir

WEAK

revolving door

Example Sentences

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Davis Gates alleges Sacks now wants more closures; Sacks calls that untrue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Fervo is also backed by Breakthrough Energy, a venture by Microsoft founder Bill Gates , externalto accelerate innovative electricity production.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

When Gates realized that the job would give him no authority to hire, fire, or set budgets, he turned the offer down.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

The $215 million dollars French Gates recently announced she was donating to women’s-health causes includes her first significant investment in funding for menopause research.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

If anything, weekly services at Gates of Praise had assured me of exactly the opposite.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth