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as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in
entrance to the club is by invitation only
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Relevance
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as in to transport
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences
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Recent Examples of entrance
Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Walk-ins aren’t welcome, according to signs taped to the glass doors at the front entrance.
—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If some readers were befuddled by Mr. Holland’s strange and magical imagery, graphic artists were entranced.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The tomb belonging to Es also has a small courtyard containing a well, followed by a main entrance, and a transverse hall leading to another – incomplete – long hall.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Walk-ins aren’t welcome, according to signs taped to the glass doors at the front entrance.
—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
Verb
There’s a gruff lyricism to the performance that’s entrancing even when Elmer is standing up in a coffin.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If some readers were befuddled by Mr. Holland’s strange and magical imagery, graphic artists were entranced.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrance
Noun
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With wells in rural Arizona increasingly running dry, farmers and homeowners now drill thousands of feet into the ground to access water.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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This aerial prowess transforms dense tropical forests into three-dimensional playgrounds, granting them access to prey and escape routes otherwise inaccessible.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Noun
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And my conversations with Moni kind of opened that attic doorway to go like, Oh my God, look at this dusty old box.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
2 June 2025
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Hood’s son is standing in the doorway, watching the assault of his mother.—
Malcolm Gladwell,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Verb
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The victim, who suffered a laceration, was transported by EMS to Lincoln Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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McArthur Mathis was transported to The Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital on Wednesday after being in custody in Grimes County since he was arrested Jan. 2 on multiple warrants.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The brand will also enter 1,549 Walmart doors with period care, followed by 2,700 Walmart doors with its pain relief products like its Heating Patch for Menstrual Cramps.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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Rocky Mountain region interior designers, architects, builders, and landscape architects have a bounty of inspiration right outside their doors.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The Panthers struggled out of the gate that first year and needing a strong finish in the regular season to sneak into the playoffs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
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Women are less likely to negotiate for better/higher pay out of the gate, and more likely to be paid less throughout their careers due to their having (or likelihood to have) children.—
Susan Rietano Davey,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Those words, immodest, carried away with possibility and essentially romantic, are articulated in the new documentary Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, which makes its premiere this evening at Tribeca Festival in New York.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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Videos showed dozens of people in Khan Younis carrying away sacks of flour.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Another high-profile entry in the Cold Case series was the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, as the series focuses on well, Cold Cases that went unsolved, as the name suggests.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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After being a key member of New Bethlehem, she’s been stripped of her passport and has been refused entry by Canada and the European Union.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Messi delighted the home crowd at Chase Stadium with a pair of golazos, one in each half.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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For as long as hungry birds have swooped from the saloon’s leafy branches to stalk diners’ steak fries, Le Tub, the kitschy-divey national treasure on Hollywood’s Intracoastal Waterway, has delighted and polarized locals with tacky decor and huge hamburgers.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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“Entrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrance. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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