passports

noun

plural of passport
1
as in keys
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career

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2
as in accessions
the means or right of entering or participating in to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven

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Recent Examples of passports Meanwhile, with new digital product passports (DPPs) and regulations coming, traceability has gone from a trend to a must-have in the industry. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Targeted under McCarthyism, both Robesons had their passports revoked by the US government for five years. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The chatbot promises to help users with passports, Medicare and more. — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 The compromise was limited to the VeriScan platform, which can be used to check driver’s licenses and passports for fake IDs and to log visits. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Those in charge regard passports and visas as merely the first step, not the final objective. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 Beyond marketing, a QR code generator is part of the digital infrastructure of organizations for running user authentication, payments, product information, digital product passports and other sensitive experiences. — Benjamin Claeys, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The United States also took measures to restrict passports during the anti-communist McCarthy era in the 1940s and 50s, refusing to issue or canceling passports of those accused of harboring communist sympathies. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 Residents in occupied Ukraine were forced to acquire Russian passports, which is how authorities are able to compile lists of voters. — Chris Massaro , Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passports
  1. keys
  2. accessions
  3. tickets
  4. doors
  5. gateways
  6. entries
  7. accesses
  8. entrances
Noun
  • Drawing from the Renaissance game’s design and motif, there are playful talismans — geese, dragonflies, clovers, horseshoes, dice, keys and ladybugs — across trays, teapots, mugs, boxes, miniatures and espresso sets.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The rooms There are 100 keys in total, ranging from guestrooms and suites to multi-room casitas and a 12-bedroom Bunkhouse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of keys
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
Noun
  • The Sixers donated 5,000 tickets to local community groups and Sixers Youth Foundation grantee partners and more than $80,000 was raised for the Sixers Youth Foundation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • To accomplish that, Sayegh knew the years of just opening the doors of a cinema and selling drinks and popcorn as people bought tickets were long past her industry.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of tickets
Noun
  • That was crucial, as cockpit doors are typically locked to prevent hijackings.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of doors
Noun
  • India’s major container gateways are moving substantial volumes as more merchandise floods out of the country.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The airline serves five gateways in the United States, including Phoenix, Seattle, and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Ontario in California.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of gateways
Noun
  • Apply the same technique to other theme answers, relying on the crossing entries for help.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Modi's party and the Election Commission say the revision is aimed at removing duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain registered.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • The primary pedestrian entrances are on Polk and follow the alignments of Plymouth Court and Federal Street to the north.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Jemele Hill noted that Peyton Manning, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Myles Garrett and Marshawn Lynch were among the prominent sports figures who had participated in Wallen’s concert entrances without generating comparable outrage.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of entrances

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“Passports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passports. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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