How to Use gatekeeper in a Sentence

gatekeeper

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  • Socher thinks the entire economy is moving online, and there’s still one gatekeeper: Google.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The narrator is also acting as that most contemporary of things: a gatekeeper.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But the pope’s gatekeeper, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, blocked it.
    — Gerald Posner, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Your content moderation team is the gatekeeper to building and maintaining your customers’ trust and well-being.
    — Marilyn Tyfting, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • But, even then, there’s no guarantee that these experienced practitioners will serve as the gatekeepers for such treatment.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • An excellent hire in this area acts as a gatekeeper, ensuring that meetings don’t get on your calendar that do not reflect your priorities.
    — Damien Faughnan, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • In black and white, the viewer becomes hyperattuned to the shades of gray that form the bulk of the visual image, an anxious gatekeeper perceiving similarity and difference at the same time.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Though, of course, the gatekeeper had tipped off the welcome team.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
  • Look, the chief of staff's supposed to be a gatekeeper.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Love was the gatekeeper to one of the most powerful men in sports.
    — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But the Astros, for now, remain the gatekeeper to the World Series.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Near the end of his life, old and frail, the man asks the gatekeeper a question: Why haven’t more people sought entrance at the door of the law?
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Yee, the gatekeeper to the state treasury, warned against doing so.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • Under Benedict, he was named the prefect of the papal household—the gatekeeper to the Pope.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And that is how many see critics today — snarling gatekeepers in need of a good kick.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The gatekeeper role that LMS not occupy is by no means bad.
    — Derek Newton, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • In the clubby art world, no one wants to risk offending a gatekeeper to prime works.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • But many SMBs don’t have the luxury of a gatekeeper to screen calls, answer the phone while the team’s busy and jot down messages.
    — Gavin MacOmber, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • Sherry-Lehmann was long considered the gatekeeper to the US market for brands from around the world.
    — Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • And the thought arrived: Maybe this audience love is all due to the fact that Bryan snuck right past the gatekeepers and tastemakers, not in spite of that.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Speaking of gatekeepers, what are your thoughts on the writers and actors strikes?
    — Alexis P. Williams, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • For a time, Perez was close enough to influence those gatekeepers.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
  • He was considered a longtime friend of Ohtani’s and served as a gatekeeper for the baseball star.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The Silicon Valley heavyweights were the de facto gatekeepers for how and whether the tech would be used.
    — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And the owners welcome browsers — no stuffy gatekeepers here.
    — Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
  • The pictures, palette, branding and copy should reflect the tone of the prospect with the agent becoming the gatekeeper to said pathway to paradise.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Being the gatekeeper of the living room is sure to be a treasure trove that is more than worthy of their investments.
    — Ian Morris, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This is the gatekeeper for whatever business this might be.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The gatekeepers have always been a boys’ club — specifically a white boys’ club.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • One of them, Janet Fash, 63, a longtime chief lifeguard in the Rockaways, said union leaders had a unique gatekeeper role that has helped keep them in power.
    — Dana Rubinstein Calla Kessler, New York Times, 27 May 2023

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