Synonyms for floodgates
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1. List of paraphrases for "floodgates":

   sluices, valves, portas, doors, gates

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1. Marc Halperin:

   The floodgates of new demand into European equities are just starting to open.

2. President Donald Trump:

   Eric Holcomb should be able to decide what is best for Eric Holcomb cities and Eric Holcomb own neighborhoods, if Democrats were ever to seize power, they would open the floodgates to unvetted, uncontrolled migration.

3. David Marcus:

   We have opened the floodgates.

4. Trevor Potter:

   This illegal $ 1.3 million contribution is unmistakable proof that Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates to foreign money in the U.S., and it is surely the tip of the iceberg, the fact that the FEC, which so often deadlocks and therefore fails to act in violations, could agree on this one highlights the very real danger this sort of activity poses to Jeb Bush democracy.

5. Bruno Dumont:

   I had been wanting to stay within drama for a while but there I opened the floodgates and I realized that comedy is really close to drama, it's a substitute for drama. Comedy is like a scale that goes up and down.