gate

Example Sentences

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Initially, I was coming out the gate with “September,” just, “Let’s get this out the way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Maybe it’s the airport gate before a long-planned vacation.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

On Tuesday, Keith Lerner, chief market strategist at Truist, shared an analysis of 30 major IPOs and how the corresponding stocks performed during their first year out of the gate.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Lyft, the smaller of the two, was first out of the gate with an IPO that didn’t live up to its hype.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

At last they were standing at the gate, almost exactly twelve hours after they’d left the school.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith