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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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In addition to Gates’ bid, gadfly-turned-Councilmember Gracey Van Der Mark is seeking an Assembly seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

For much of their marriage, the former couple lived inside Gates’ 66,000-square-foot “Xanadu 2.0” compound.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Gates’ office flatly rejected the claims in a statement on Friday.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

I can’t say I’m shocked to see Gates’ reentry into this.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

It was said of this reinforcement from Gen. Gates' army, that they were men of approved courage, and flushed with recent victory, but squalid in their appearance, from fatigue and want of necessaries.

From Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution by Hersey, Charles