Thesaurus results for PORTALS

portals

noun

plural of portal

as in doors

a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road

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Recent Examples of portals Fans passed under life-size World of Warcraft portals and a massive replica of Diablo’s demonic Lilith character on their way to lines of computers loaded with the game’s latest updates. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Two exhibitions, one at the Nashville Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center of Cheekwood and another at the Cultural Center capitol complex in Charleston included metaphysical reflectors, writing machines, and portals. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe have online portals to track your ballot. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Strengthen your account security Use unique passwords for healthcare portals and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever available. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Through online portals, people can often view their test results before a clinician has the chance to review them. — Amiran Baduashvili, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Procurement portals generate an enormous volume of opportunities. — Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Large rooms with picture windows and a rooftop restaurant, Skywalker Grill, provide portals to downtown and the park. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Almost all of the county’s spans use Burr arch trusses and wear the region’s signature combination of barn-red siding and white portals. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026

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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

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United’s Kirby, a former American executive, could not allow his rival to claw back any more gates.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
In 1963, O’Malley invested in landscaping that would grow into lush botanical gardens just outside of its gates.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026

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