ingresses

noun

plural of ingress
as in accesses
the means or right of entering or participating in with limited ingress and egress to the freeway, the stadium is the frequent scene of bottlenecks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingresses
  1. accesses
  2. doors
  3. entrances
  4. entries
  5. gateways
  6. accessions
  7. keys
Noun
  • Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • Its stores open for eight to 10 weeks a year, but planning for next Halloween starts before this year’s doors close.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • All entrances and exits to the city remained sealed, with the operation focused in Deir Bahha and another part of the city called Al-Jalda, according to Hebron Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Per a 2016 rule, students were allowed to chalk on walkways, concrete and asphalt but at least 30 feet away from building entrances and not on walls and vertical surfaces.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of entrances
Noun
  • All entries received will be judged 50% on operating as a small business or non-profit within the Philadelphia DMA, 40% on answering the questions provided, and 10% on compliance with these rules.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the podcast ad Bartlett, who dropped out of college to pursue entrepreneurship, launched The Diary of a CEO in 2017 by turning his own diary entries into podcast episodes.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • Cargo on ships that have diverted away from the Hormuz is backing up at the region’s alternative gateways.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As one of the principal gateways into the Saudi capital and a foundation stone of the entire Vision 2030 project, the Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s airport directly threaten the Kingdom’s strategy.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of gateways
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
Noun
  • There was the woman on the sixth floor, who often forgot her keys and would press our buzzer to get Dad to go out and open the door for her.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • There are full-size Backspace, Delete, and arrow keys, in addition to a number pad and a separate row of volume controls.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of keys
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“Ingresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingresses. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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