entry

noun

ˈen-trē How to pronounce entry (audio)
Definition of entrynext
1
as in foyer
the entrance room of a building please wait in the entry while I get the person you want

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2
as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury

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Recent Examples of entry Remember, both entry and parking were free, which can’t be said for a lot of activities around Sacramento. — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025 With Paramount’s new wide entry Novocaine and Warner Bros’ holdover Mickey 17 doing about $8M each (many believe the Jack Quaid movie has the edge), this weekend could go down as indeed the lowest, bottoming under the Super Bowl weekend February 7-9 frame with $55.8M, per Comscore. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025 Gastineau is a member of the Jets Ring of Honor, but thus far has been failed to win entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2025 After several years of requiring visitors to obtain highly coveted advance reservations during peak seasons, this popular California park, which routinely hosts more than half a million people per month during the summer, is indefinitely suspending its timed entry system. — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entry
  1. foyer
  2. access
  3. hallway
  4. entrance
  5. lobby
  6. door
  7. accession
  8. admission
Noun
  • Roche used the approach in her foyer, hanging wallpaper and doorway curtains in the same painterly stripe.
    — Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The central foyer, illuminated by a massive skylight, serves as a welcoming hub that connects all four performance spaces.
    — Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of foyer
Noun
  • Without these partnerships, nursing homes and our public hospitals would have been deprived of essential federal funding that has undoubtedly protected local access to care at no cost to the state.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • During the development of the collections the eight finalists had access to industry mentors including stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson and fashion editor Sara Sozzani Maino, in addition to Burke and Patel.
    — Sandra Salibian, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of access
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  • The first responders then fanned out through the sprawling four-bedroom home, meticulously checking bedrooms, hallways, bathrooms and closets for other people or signs of foul play, Moya said.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The final shot in this 'recovered footage' invites you to peer down a long hallway as the cat makes worried noises, seemingly sensing the presence of a Xenomorph.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of hallway
Noun
  • The bearded man with red hair is seen in the footage taken in the Khalil home and at the entrance of Pine village.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Participants should meet at the picnic tables at the front entrance.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of entrance
Noun
  • Last Saturday evening, a recent Columbia University graduate student named Mahmoud Khalil was greeted in the lobby of his apartment building, in Morningside Heights, by four plainclothes agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Arrested in a Manhattan hotel lobby in September, Combs is facing life in prison if found guilty.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of lobby
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  • Naoe can also climb walls of enemy hideouts faster, but struggles with opening doors.
    — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Going from the staid post-Impressionism of her artistic education at London’s Slade School of Fine Art to a world of dreams, magic, and the uncanny opened a door.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of door
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  • In Georgia, Putin has linked up with the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose political party, Georgian Dream, has undermined democratic institutions and suspended the country’s accession talks with the European Union for four years.
    — Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO would include a comparable commitment on Kyiv’s part.
    — STEPHEN HADLEY, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of accession
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  • The entrepreneurial approach—tackling challenges, learning from mistakes, and taking action—prepares young people for success in college admissions and far beyond their first business.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The big picture: The Trump administration's targeting DEI practices comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 overturned affirmative action in college admissions.
    — Ivana Saric, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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