point of entry


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Noun1.point of entry - a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
port of entry
port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
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We will tackle the drug menace at the point of entry and that is our ports.
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Paired with Williams & Tsien, Carsten Holler took the lead by proposing converging slides--a device he has employed as a short-cut in real buildings--and the architects incorporated this adult playground within a raised podium of compressed snow that is as enigmatic as Pallasmaa's pentagon, until you reach the point of entry.
Snowed under: in deepest Lapland, architecture and the elements interact with some intriguing (and unpredictable) effects

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