gatekeeper
noun
gate·keep·er
ˈgāt-ˌkē-pər 
1
: one that tends or guards a gate
2
: a person who controls access
Examples of gatekeeper in a Sentence
those who are hopelessly unhip have little chance of making past the club's gatekeeper and his velvet rope
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Our free speech tradition is based on a firm belief that those in power do not get to be the gatekeeper of the marketplace of ideas.
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Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Given the iPhone’s status as gatekeeper hardware , these rulings are designed to promote inter-operatbility between all consumer electronic brands.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Alphabet was designated a gatekeeper over its Google Search and Google Play functions, whereas Apple was designated over its iPadOS operating system for tablets.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
The terrain is thick with gatekeepers, barriers and stumbling blocks that make getting any project off the ground a sysphean task.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Given the iPhone’s status as gatekeeper hardware , these rulings are designed to promote inter-operatbility between all consumer electronic brands.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Alphabet was designated a gatekeeper over its Google Search and Google Play functions, whereas Apple was designated over its iPadOS operating system for tablets.
—Ece Yildirim, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
The terrain is thick with gatekeepers, barriers and stumbling blocks that make getting any project off the ground a sysphean task.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gatekeeper
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“Gatekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gatekeeper. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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gatekeeper
noun
gate·keep·er
-ˌkē-pər
1
: a person who tends or guards a gate
2
: a person who controls access
Medical Definition
gatekeeper
noun
gate·keep·er
-ˌkē-pər
: a health-care professional (as a primary care physician) who regulates access especially to hospitals and specialists
managed care plans rely on a designated physician gatekeeper to orchestrate and control the health care of its enrollees—E. A. Halm et al.
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