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entrance

[en-truhns] / ˈɛn trəns /




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Without electricity, Basu couldn’t access her car from the building garage, an entrance that’s powered by electricity, so she walked 15 minutes to her dinner with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Some hoped for a good score on the gaokao, China’s all-important university entrance exam.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

The protests had erupted in May after NEET, India's biggest medical entrance exam, was cancelled following a question paper leak, forcing nearly two million students to retake the test.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The filming location of its entrance, known as Glastonbury Grove in the show, is in Franklin Canyon Park.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The entrance to Cypress Hills cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, late 1800s.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Armed police took up positions at the entrances to the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, as the plane carrying Daniel Kinahan approached the city.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Near brightly lit cave entrances, several kinds of algae and plants grew in the water.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Many restaurants display Turkish-language menus outside their entrances.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Within weeks, imagery from Airbus revealed a neatly paved road leading to freshly excavated entrances.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

He went out the sliding door behind my seat and made a beeline for the small cluster of silver water fountains that stood between him and the restroom entrances.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

When, in 2000, Mr. Lloyd heard Hussain—the son of Alla Rakha, whose music had entranced him nearly a half-century earlier—new doors of possibility opened.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

"I'm entranced by Mr Haaland," said Miami resident Robert, speaking to BBC Mundo.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The production is most effective when the actors are singing, especially Grace Yoo, who plays Mei-Li and had me entranced the moment she started singing “A Hundred Million Miracles.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

That becomes a problem when, after one of their weekly lunches, the three friends stroll around a furniture store, where Camille is entranced by a gorgeous chair she can’t possibly afford.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

It was the cantankerous, curmudgeonly talk show humorist Jean Shepherd who entranced him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Brazil now need major surgery - starting with the area of the field where they used to be so strong, so creative, so entrancing - the midfield.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Frank Gehry, as he became, told me that MTT was already an entrancing showman.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

It is not necessary to know the backstory of the picture and its title to find it entrancing, but its history is a rich one.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

One of the fairy women came toward her, her skin nearly translucent it was so pale, her eyes hard like sapphires, but the smile on her face was entrancing.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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