gatekeeper
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Other anonymous sources have described her to US media outlets as a "gatekeeper" and "comfort blanket".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In findings published in Science Advances, the team showed that the MPS acts as a physical gatekeeper for nearly every major type of endocytosis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Frances Blackwell, the camp’s gatekeeper, called to say water was flowing into her cottage beside the front entrance and she could not open the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
But there was something in the look and the voice of the gatekeeper that made him uneasy.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
But if the new player council takes hold, the shadow maverick may have helped force the sport’s gatekeepers to pull up a seat at the table, then made his own seat unnecessary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
And while I understand not wanting to give fashion gatekeepers the benefit of the doubt, it’s positively stupefying to me that anyone could read that and think, “This is a huge mistake.”
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
It urged cinemas to "act as gatekeepers for the audience, and clearly reject films that are obviously not up to standard instead of letting films like Niu Lai run rampant".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
They are the gatekeepers for Indian Creek Country Club and don’t offer membership to just anyone who has struck it rich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The gates were closed at nightfall; but just inside them were small lodges for the gatekeepers.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
