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re·volv·ing door

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. revolving doornoun

    an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership

  2. revolving door, revolvernoun

    a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings

Wiktionary

  1. revolving doornoun

    A door that rotates around a central pivot.

  2. revolving doornoun

    A system or institution in which people exit and immediately reenter.

Wikipedia

  1. Revolving Door

    Revolving Door is a song by American rap rock band Crazy Town. It was released in August 2001 as the fourth and final single from their debut album The Gift of Game. It was the followup single to their No. 1 hit Butterfly. Whilst failing to chart in the US, the song became a minor hit in several countries, reaching No. 19 in Finland and No. 23 in the UK.

Wikidata

  1. Revolving door

    A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a central shaft and rotate around a vertical axis within a cylindrical enclosure. Revolving doors are energy efficient as they prevent drafts, thus preventing increases in the heating or cooling required for the building. At the same time, revolving doors allow large numbers of people to pass in and out.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of revolving door in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of revolving door in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of revolving door in a Sentence

  1. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday:

    We will finally be able to say, loudly and clearly, that for repeat, violent, criminal offenders: three strikes and you're out. We are tired of putting you back in through the revolving door.

  2. Michael Dubke.He:

    By instituting historic restrictions on lobbying to close the revolving door, expanding and elevating ethics within the White House Counsel's office, and opening the White House press briefing room to media outlets that otherwise cannot gain access, the Trump administration has broken new ground in ensuring our government is both ethical and accessible to the American people.

  3. Corey Stewart:

    Ed Gillespie is a 30-year revolving door lobbyist.

  4. Albert Camus:

    All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

  5. Rick Snyder:

    Our police officers as these reports show are faithfully chasing down the bad guys and getting them locked up, but it’s the criminal justice system that is failing. It truly is a revolving door.


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