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as in ticket
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal
meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career
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as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in
to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven
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Recent Examples of passport
The passport office advised the wife to consider rescheduling her flight, warning that passports wouldn't be printed until 10 a.m.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Grab your fuzzy blankets, your smudgy lipstick, and your passport, because the Love Is Blind: UK pods have reopened, innit!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Moncada, 30, left Cuba legally in 2014, obtaining a visa and passport from the Cuban government in order to pursue a professional baseball career.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 Aug. 2025
In June, the Trump administration reimposed a travel ban that affects 19 countries, citing poor passport vetting procedures and a high number of citizens overstaying visas in the US.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Grab your fuzzy blankets, your smudgy lipstick, and your passport, because the Love Is Blind: UK pods have reopened, innit!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Moncada, 30, left Cuba legally in 2014, obtaining a visa and passport from the Cuban government in order to pursue a professional baseball career.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 Aug. 2025
In June, the Trump administration reimposed a travel ban that affects 19 countries, citing poor passport vetting procedures and a high number of citizens overstaying visas in the US.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passport
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The films showcase concerts from 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2021, released in two waves starting September 24 and October 1. Showtimes and tickets are available for Louisville-area theaters, including Cinemark Mall St. Matthews and XD and Cinemark Tinseltown Louisville and XD.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
30 Aug. 2025
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To go along with sandwiches, there will be beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks sold via drink tickets.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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For years, Detroit’s east side lacked adequate access to year-round recreation facilities.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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What's included Digital plans Digital + Print Daily digital access Android and IOS apps Subscriber-exclusive content Digital subscription to share The eNewspaper — a digital replica of the print newspaper.—
cincinnati.com,
cincinnati.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The key is forming strategic partnerships with people and organizations that share your vision and goals, rather than spending time convincing, educating, or performing emotional labor for those who don’t.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The key for the future may be keeping rates of environmental change slow enough to avoid extinctions.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The organizations have identified approximately 12 of those households and will go door to door to find more recipients, especially Black seniors and people with disabilities, said Sorrell.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Yankees drafted a player who admitted to drawing a swastika on a Jewish student’s door in college.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Nourished By Time going beyond just music, envisioning the project as a multimedia gateway leading into photography, video, and performance art.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Curiosity preserves your relationship, and is a gateway to clean fuel. 4.—
Jennifer Breheny Wallace,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Swingle’s accession was by no means the first such shipment sent to the US from points East.—
Jacob Jones,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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At the time of China’s accession to the WTO, in 2001, there was reason to believe that Beijing was on an irreversible path toward market reform and liberalization.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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American labor has long criticized free trade policies, such as NAFTA and China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, and Teamsters president Sean O’Brien and United Auto Workers president Shawn Fein both back many of Trump’s tariffs.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Approved shipments receive an official inspection mark, allowing legal entry into the U.S. marketplace.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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There’s almost always a line at this popular stand at the entrance of the Cultural Pavilion.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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And then Jesse [Tyler Ferguson] makes his entrance, takes a look at me, and bursts out laughing.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Passport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passport. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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