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gatekeeper

noun

ˈgāt-ˌkē-pər

Definition of gatekeeper

as in janitor

a person who tends a door those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope

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Recent Examples of gatekeeper LegitScript, a private, for-profit company, is among the most powerful gatekeepers in selling health services online. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The Migration Of Power Through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, mainstream attention was funneled through a remarkably small number of gatekeepers. — Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Fields said the group typically comes up with its own ideas, polls possible ballot language to gauge public support and files different versions of that language with the state title board, the administrative gatekeeper for ballot access. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2026 If it could be sustained, such a strategy would make Iran and its regional partner de facto gatekeepers for trillions of dollars’ worth of trade each year. — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper

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Investigators believe Roberts tried to enlist the help of a school janitor to get rid of Russell’s car, penning a note and leaving it hidden inside a cabinet at Linda Lentin K-8 Center in North Miami, where Roberts was working at the time.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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The backstory This hotel was originally built in 1902 for the North British Railway company; porters would take guests from their trains to an elevator that led straight to reception.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Wholesale is up 20 percent with partners including Moda Operandi, Fwrd, Shopbop and Nordstrom, and the brand will be launching on Net-a-porter in October.

— Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

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