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gatekeeper

[geyt-kee-per] / ˈgeɪtˌki pər /


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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

"The visa system is the invisible gatekeeper of the World Cup," Atallah says.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Arm is the architecture beneficiary and Microsoft is the Windows AI gatekeeper, she notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

He replaced a worker named Robert Latimer, who had quit to take over as gatekeeper at the rail intersection in front of Holmes’s drugstore.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The cord-cutting revolution was supposed to democratize television, liberating citizens from corporate gatekeepers.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, the rules meant to protect ordinary savers have been dismantled by some of the gatekeepers entrusted to enforce them.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

These online places create communities with their own rules—unlike the gatekeepers of the past who dictated one monocultural beauty and social norm.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

"Prog is simply great music released from the arid strictures of cool and from the sneers of gatekeepers".

From BBC Apr. 20, 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




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