barn door

Example Sentences

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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

But ultimately, “access to pasture” means just that—the barn door is open, says Kestrel Burcham, a policy director at the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group.

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

“Replacing a swing door with a barn door as the entry to a master bath can provide extra square footage.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“It’s always better to have a lock on the barn door than to go chase the horse once it’s out,” he said in an interview.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

And when it was over we opened the barn door and walked out into the early- morning light.

From "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan