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entryway

[en-tree-way] / ˈɛn triˌweɪ /
NOUN
entry to place
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms
WEAK


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This is not great parenting, but we’re gonna go to a different entryway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The policy is spelled out on a sign in the entryway and on the restaurant’s handwritten menus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

So, in the middle of Minnesota winter, she started taking her clothes off in the entryway and throwing them on the front step.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

A shrine in the entryway of Ruth Higdon’s home in Ridgway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

I waited for Martha in the lobby, which still has the original arched wooden entryway and the faces of Bacchus peering down from the ceiling.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Next time, put the magnetometers at the entryways to the Hilton before the dinner, and better manage the flow up and down stairwells.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

A crowd of CEOs, diplomats, media bigwigs and celebrities from all over the world poured through the entryways like a stream overflowing its banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

That’s why houses have entryways or a mud room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

Butler said he’s surprised by how many aging homeowners don’t think ahead about safety and maintenance, such as having entryways with no steps, curbless showers or wider doorways should they need a wheelchair someday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

The pink brick of the Royal Square gives way to white limestone mansions and townhouses adorned with quartz roses and blush-pink lanterns above their entryways.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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