as in key
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal
it turned out that a simple "please" was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open sesame
Noun
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Despite its slim design, the interior holds more than meets the eye — think phone, wallet, sunglasses, keys, and then some.—
Taylor Jean Stephan,
People.com,
26 May 2025 -
Dorn and the others were given laptops and shown the different functions of keys: control, shift and caps lock, how to copy and paste.—
Barbara Ortutay,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Other prizes include a free $3 ticket, which was what the winner initially thought would be revealed from their scratch-off.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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In a break from recent years, neither event is raising its starting ticket price this year.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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With the gateway model, the central team can manage all aspects of the telemetry data management using the gateway collectors.—
Dinesh Gurumurthy,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Astana International Financial Center governor Kazakhstan aims to be the gateway for trade between the East and the West, said Renat Bekturov, governor of the Astana International Financial Center.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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“Open sesame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20sesame. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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