as in door
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened
the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road
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Woody Marks is off to the NFL, and Quinten Joyner left in the transfer portal, leaving USC with a brand new backfield to break in this spring and no sense yet of a pecking order at the position.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Beyond teaching viewers how to make some of their family favorites, the mother-daughter duo shows how cooking can be a portal to intimacy and healing.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
Johnson had to repeatedly rebuild rosters at his alma mater in the dawn of the transfer portal era, with some of his best players lured elsewhere by more NIL money.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
The portal includes a timeline showing measures the school and district have taken since the initial inquiry into the breast cancer diagnoses.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Beyond teaching viewers how to make some of their family favorites, the mother-daughter duo shows how cooking can be a portal to intimacy and healing.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
Johnson had to repeatedly rebuild rosters at his alma mater in the dawn of the transfer portal era, with some of his best players lured elsewhere by more NIL money.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
The portal includes a timeline showing measures the school and district have taken since the initial inquiry into the breast cancer diagnoses.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Portal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portal. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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