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gateway

[geyt-wey] / ˈgeɪtˌweɪ /
NOUN
entry to place
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The group claims it has control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, though it says maritime navigation is "safe for all companies except for Saudi vessels".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

"White Nights" has emerged as a gateway book for Dostoevsky's work, with some young readers progressing onto more challenging novels, such as "Crime and Punishment."

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

The route remains an important gateway between Nepal and China.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Reading, she believed, was the gateway to dreaming, and dreaming, the first step in the path toward success.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

They had to keep retreating into the shadows of a gateway, ducking down behind a wall, or climbing through a window and waiting with bated breath for the guard to pass by.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Cesarone will oversee areas such as UPS’s global air network and gateways, surface transportation, building and engineering operations, automotive operations and sustainability functions, and report directly to Tomé, UPS said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

He has tried to fortify the land, closing off gateways, putting in concrete blocks or piles of logs, and digging rows of deep ditches to make it undrivable.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Nearly every system, from banking apps to payment gateways, relies on encryption to function.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

TRPV4 is part of a family of ion channels that function like tiny molecular gateways in sensory nerve cells.

From Science Daily May 10, 2026

The three gateways she’d come from—north, east, and west—began to swirl with Mist.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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