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Port of entry

noun

A port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise. Synonym: point of entry.

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"Port of entry" Quotes from Famous Books

... divided between a desire to gird at the doctor, or to soothe his civic pride. "But I'll confess I expected a town somewhat larger, for the port of entry of the territory ...

— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman

... port of entry of our Freedom. Men brought it in a box of alabaster And broke the box and spilled it to the West, Here on the granite ...

— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand

... port of entry, and having a railroad, is more a strategic point for the invasion of ...

— Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 • Adam Gurowski

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