gates

[geyts] / geɪts /

NOUN

movable barrier at entrance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar door doorway exit fence port

STRONG

access conduit egress gateway issue lock opening passage portal portcullis slammer turnstile way weir

WEAK

revolving door

Example Sentences

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Bill Gates, on the other hand, has played no role in underwriting or supporting the NAR movement.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Gates said he had hoped the tariff on his foreign competitors’ windows would give Awake an edge as a domestic company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Bill Gates has said humans won’t be needed “for most things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Buffett added that Gates had treated him well personally, including getting the kind of food Buffett likes on trips and even arranging for Buffett to get The Wall Street Journal when they went to China.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Think what Bill Gates, say, would pay for some tendriled, purply lobed piece of Venusian exotica to put in a pot in his greenhouse.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson