open door

noun

Definition of open doornext
as in welcome mat

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  1. welcome mat
  2. approval
  3. permission
  4. certification
Noun
  • But the Empire State is putting out the welcome mat in other, more positive ways.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • The city has been rolling out the welcome mat for weeks, and even the dinosaurs at the Children's Museum are rocking friendship bracelets.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of welcome mat
Noun
  • The arrangement would also be likely to allow Musk and Ramaswamy to continue working in the private sector and serve without Senate approval.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Miller and Homan do not require Senate approval, unlike homeland security secretary, ICE director and commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol.
    Elliot Spagat, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of approval
Noun
  • When Spector released it without their labels’ permission, Cher went to his house to reason with him.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In the current proposal for land possession there, private land prevents the Crow from visiting many of these sites without permission from the landowner.
    Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of permission
Noun
  • The only defendant whose status remained unclear Friday afternoon was Troy H. White, a former sheriff’s deputy who was fired by the sheriff’s office, and whose state law enforcement certification was temporarily suspended in August 2023 by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Among foreign participants, Airbus at the show said Chinese certification of its A330neo jet was going smoothly and that the first delivery of the widebody model in the country could come in 2025.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of certification
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