open doors
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"Used properly, AI can open doors to whole new realms to explore."
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Mastering English can open doors, but what if you wish you didn’t have to walk through them?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
He apparently accompanied Mountbatten-Windsor on some of his international, taxpayer-funded trips as a trade envoy, using his Chinese connections to open doors.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
“That doesn’t suddenly make this market affordable for everyone, but it does crack open doors that had firmly shut when rates peaked.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
People pushed their way out of the open doors, and Clayton stepped inside the train.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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