port of entry
noun phrase
1
: a place where foreign goods may be cleared through a customhouse
2
: a place where an alien may be permitted to enter a country
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Tariffs are typically imposed on goods; films are services, which are transmitted digitally and not through ports of entry.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 May 2025
There are only three ports of entry into Idaho, one in Boise and two at the Canadian border, Brailsford wrote, though people also enter via a boat from Canada.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2025
Packages were piling up at ports of entry, Reuters reported.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Starting in January of 2023, the CBP One allowed migrants to schedule appointments at legal ports of entry instead of crossing the border illegally to seek asylum.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 May 2025
There are only three ports of entry into Idaho, one in Boise and two at the Canadian border, Brailsford wrote, though people also enter via a boat from Canada.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2025
Packages were piling up at ports of entry, Reuters reported.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Starting in January of 2023, the CBP One allowed migrants to schedule appointments at legal ports of entry instead of crossing the border illegally to seek asylum.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for port of entry
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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