How to Use portal in a Sentence

portal

noun
  • That portal went live last month.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There just weren’t enough tight ends in the portal.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Did any Longhorns leave in the portal?
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Crooks is the biggest name in the portal so far.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The defense should get a boost from the portal as well.
    — Everett Merrill, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This year, there is no spring transfer portal.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • On our side of the portal, none of this has to hurt anymore.
    — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Who entered through the portal to hell?
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s save the portal in this year’s budget.
    — Sarah Scrogin, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Thanks to the transfer portal, most of these guys are gone, too.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the new world (with the transfer portal).
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The portal will close on April 21.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The portal seems to have a lot going for it as a refund venue.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Drew Mestemaker had the best arm of the guys in the portal.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • No longer can players enter the portal when a coach is fired.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • These portals of escape are scattered by the dozens on the floor.
    — Photographs Kirsten Luce, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • On social media as well as on any portal.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The finest valet stands are like a portal or waystation on a journey.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The portal promised more minutes.
    — Devin Bradshaw, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • All three of those players are now gone through the transfer portal.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The real gun fight now takes place in the transfer portal.
    — Nick Lomaglio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Each piece is a portal into life, knowing, and the self.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • More tackle help is being sought in the portal.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Some big new names have arrived via the transfer portal, though.
    — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The portal will close on Tuesday.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Along with nailing the transfer portal, of course.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Hurley and his staff went into the portal and could not afford to miss.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The portal is a small amount of money in the overall school budget.
    — Sarah Scrogin, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Three offensive starters left via the portal.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Upload it to your patient portal or carry it with you.
    — NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026

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