gatekeeper
noun/ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpər/
Frequency rank: #15,845 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person or system that controls access to something or decides what information passes through.
Example sentence
The editor acts as the gatekeeper for the magazine, deciding which articles get published.
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