Synonyms for floodgates
flood·gates

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1. List of paraphrases for "floodgates":

   sluices, valves, portas, doors, gates

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1. Marcus Canales:

   It was quick, once everything got reversed by the swipe of a pen, the floodgates were opened.

2. Marc Halperin:

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

3. Margaret Press:

   Once the world sort of opened up to the possibility of using this methodology for suspect cases -- and the world didn't explode as a result -- then the floodgates opened.

4. Tony Robbins:

   You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever: the very next person stand behind in line or sit next to on an airplane, the very next phone call you make or receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn could be the one single thing that causes the floodgates to open, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.

5. Nico Santos:

   I hope [' Crazy Rich Asians' ] opens the floodgates for other people of color, for Latinos, for the LGBTQ community to be able to tell our own stories, people are yearning for these stories, they are thirsty for these stories and these stories have value.