as in janitor
a person who tends a door
those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope
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Recent Examples of gatekeeper
The syndrome is caused by a quirk in the muscle that acts as the gatekeeper to the esophagus, the roughly 10-inch-long muscular tube that moves food between the throat and the stomach.
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
Academic centers and think tanks are gatekeepers of information, but that knowledge belongs to all of us.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
Plus, Nolan is a final-cut director, and Bond gatekeeper Barbara Broccoli is loath to grant any filmmaker that control.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Some horror fans like to play gatekeeper, shutting out anyone who can’t watch movies more harrowing than Saw.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
Academic centers and think tanks are gatekeepers of information, but that knowledge belongs to all of us.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
Plus, Nolan is a final-cut director, and Bond gatekeeper Barbara Broccoli is loath to grant any filmmaker that control.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Some horror fans like to play gatekeeper, shutting out anyone who can’t watch movies more harrowing than Saw.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gatekeeper
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gatekeeper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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