Meaning & use
turnstile
A gate with rotating arms that lets one person pass through at a time, often to control entry.
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Commuters swiped their cards and pushed through the subway turnstile one by one.
The stadium installed extra turnstiles to speed up entry before kickoff.
A note on using this word
Correctly spelled 'turnstile', ending in -stile like a fence stile, not 'turnstyle'.
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