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  • noun Plural form of turnstile.

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Examples

  • At last season's Super Bowl, face-recognition software scanned fans coming in turnstiles to find matches in a database of known criminals, which the ACLU protested as, essentially, putting fans in "computerized police lineups."

    USATODAY.com - Security's goal: Safe at home 2001

  • The minors also provide the sports industry a technological proving ground: many clubs now use electronic, print-at-home bar-coded tickets that can be e-mailed and scanned at the turnstiles, meaning fewer unused tickets.

    NOT JUST PEANUTS 2007

  • Linked only by touch,the transceivers can also connect to similar transceivers worn by other users or embedded in any objects in real space,such as turnstiles or consumer electronics.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » RedTacton 2005

  • Linked only by touch,the transceivers can also connect to similar transceivers worn by other users or embedded in any objects in real space,such as turnstiles or consumer electronics.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » RedTacton 2005

  • He reached a sort of entrance-place at last, where there were the same kind of turnstiles as those through which Mr. Richardson had brought his party in the morning.

    Archie's Mistake G. E. Wyatt

  • a big following and the sole reason for people pouring through the turnstiles was the historic significance of it being the first match played at the venue of the World Cup final.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2010

  • The security portals typically contain features such as turnstiles, biometric access control devices, motion sensors, closed circuit cameras, climate-controlled guard houses and emergency phones.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009

  • The security portals typically contain features such as turnstiles, biometric access control devices, motion sensors, closed circuit cameras, climate-controlled guard houses and emergency phones.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009

  • The security portals typically contain features such as turnstiles, biometric access control devices, motion sensors, closed circuit cameras, climate-controlled guard houses and emergency phones.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009

  • Fensec also offer other pedestrian and traffic controls such as turnstiles, bollards, boom gates, sports fencing, light posts and shredders.

    Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution 2009

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