gatekeeper
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it |
| 2. | any of several Eurasian butterflies of the genus Pyronia, esp P. tithonus, having brown-bordered orange wings with a black-and-white eyespot on each forewing: family Satyridae |
| 3. | a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies |
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Gatekeeper
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
The central thalamus may act as a gatekeeper, and the added stimulation kicks up the level of activation.
As gatekeeper of the tribal mind, he can be imperious and inflexible.
The joy of a decentralised network is that no party acts as a gatekeeper for any other.
By the following year he had hundreds of followers who viewed him as the gatekeeper to jobs and apartments.
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