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age-gating

age-gating noun: the practice of establishing age gates.

Noun

age-gating (plural age-gatings)

  1. (Internet) The practice of establishing age gates.
    • Five million extra online age checks a day are being carried out in the UK since the introduction of age-gating for pornography sites, according to new data.2025 July 30, Dan Milmo, “UK online safety law leads to 5m extra age checks a day for pornography sites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of age-gating

pluralage-gatings

Questions about age-gating

What does age-gating mean?
Age-gating means the practice of establishing age gates.
What part of speech is age-gating?
Age-gating is a noun.
What is the plural of age-gating?
The plural of age-gating is age-gatings.

Words near age-gating in the dictionary

  1. age-during
  2. age-fright
  3. age-gate
  4. age-gated
  5. age-gates
  6. age-gating
  7. age-long
  8. age-mate
  9. age-mates
  10. age-old
  11. age-reversal

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