How to Use paywall in a Sentence

paywall

noun
  • The paywall, put in place in 2011, was dropped last year.
    David Streitfeld, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • This message helped push the S&P 500 to an all-time high (paywall).
    Eshe Nelson, Quartz, 29 June 2019
  • So, thus came in the idea of a subscription and paywall.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Live commerce has yet to catch on (paywall) in the US and Europe.
    Marc Bain, Quartz, 18 May 2021
  • What surprised me is the fact that most of these games are behind a paywall.
    Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 28 July 2023
  • In fact, five of the ten season 5 episodes are locked behind a paywall.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 6 Sep. 2021
  • She was also put off by the idea of the show’s being behind a paywall.
    Emily Gould, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The other big thing for us, at least initially, is that this is free, in front of a paywall.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • For a device that’s made to do just a few things, losing some of those features to a paywall hurts a lot.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The second point is the more scripted dramas will be under the paywall on Paramount+.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2022
  • That allowed the journal to become the first to remove its paywall, on 9 March.
    Jeffrey Brainard, Science | AAAS, 9 Mar. 2020
  • So readers will now need to pay $110 a year -- the newsletter price -- to get past the website paywall.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
  • While the site remains free, some data will now be housed behind the IMDbPro paywall.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2019
  • All voter guide content is free and outside of the paywall.
    The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024
  • Among the features in the works is a paywall, allowing creators to set a price on their content.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Statista notes that 79% of that age group (paywall) uses their phone to watch video content weekly.
    Sergio Alvarez, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Twice a week, the website (heavytable.com) will offer new content that’s available to all; no paywall.
    Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The Times also gave away its content for years before moving to a paywall.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Now there’s a four pack of shaders completely behind a paywall.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But one of Musk’s first changes at X was to put access to platform data behind a steep paywall.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This heaven is controlled by Big Tech and kept behind a paywall.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The shift to paywalls has been a boon for quality journalism.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Henig sees potential in the program, but her plans do not involve a paywall.
    Kerry Flynn, CNN, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The weekly show was a side gig for staffers who produced journalism that went behind the paywall.
    Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The failure of celebrity apps is one of failing to put the cat back in the bag, or the pore-minimizing secrets behind the paywall.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Yes, the Venus of Willendorf should only be viewed behind a 18+ paywall.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2021
  • And customers for one reason or another that don’t want to be behind the paywall.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2021
  • If you are signed in but still hit the paywall, your digital account may not be linked to your subscription.
    Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Earlier this week, CNN launched a digital paywall in a major strategic shift to its business strategy.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Zoom in: Both companies will allow users to access a certain number of articles before being confronted with a paywall.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024

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