open admission

noun

Examples of open admission in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In July, the 8-month-old golden retriever was set to be euthanized at Laredo Animal Care Services, an underfunded, overcrowded open admissions shelter in Texas. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023 Among them: Eliminating the football team, saving almost $2 million, and getting rid of open admissions, which had resulted in hundreds of students in remediation. Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2023 Horizon Science Academies are open admission. Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 15 June 2020 At the same time, overturning it would be an open admission that precedent cannot easily survive a change in the Court’s composition. Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Community colleges typically have open admission and are comparatively cheap or even free. Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023 Some schools are open admission, meaning all applicants are accepted (i.e., community colleges and some state schools). Leslie Goldman, Parents, 22 Jan. 2023 Unfortunately, the Santa Rosa County Animal Services, an open admission shelter, was already at capacity when the intake of 80 dogs arrived at their doors. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022 In September, the Mizoram government ordered schools to open admission to Chin refugees. Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of open admission was in 1900

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“Open admission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20admission. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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