as in entered
to go or come in or into
could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer
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Recent Examples of accessed
This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The most important thing to understand Receiving this text does not mean an account has been accessed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Paying a premium subscription of $10 to $20 a month means videos can be stored and accessed later.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
With new Safari Air Africa flights leaving three times a week from Beira to Gorongosa, and twice-weekly flights from Beira to Vilanculos, bush and beach destinations can be accessed by air.
—Lisa Grainger, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
Beyond the manipulation vulnerabilities, Nagli easily accessed a database with human users’ email addresses, private DM conversations between agents and other sensitive information.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Dillard also supervised other communication technicians and accessed names from their dispatches as well.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The decision came during its meeting Tuesday night, one day after leaders in the Bay Area city of Mountain View suspended their Flock cameras after discovering that multiple federal agencies had accessed their data.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The most important thing to understand Receiving this text does not mean an account has been accessed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Paying a premium subscription of $10 to $20 a month means videos can be stored and accessed later.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
With new Safari Air Africa flights leaving three times a week from Beira to Gorongosa, and twice-weekly flights from Beira to Vilanculos, bush and beach destinations can be accessed by air.
—Lisa Grainger, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
Beyond the manipulation vulnerabilities, Nagli easily accessed a database with human users’ email addresses, private DM conversations between agents and other sensitive information.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Dillard also supervised other communication technicians and accessed names from their dispatches as well.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The decision came during its meeting Tuesday night, one day after leaders in the Bay Area city of Mountain View suspended their Flock cameras after discovering that multiple federal agencies had accessed their data.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accessed
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Shooter entered arena with two guns According to police, the shooter was a licensed gun owner and had a permit to carry out of Florida.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Allegations and questions Epstein entered Wexner’s orbit in the 1980s when a mutual friend recommended Epstein as a financial adviser.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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New groups have sprouted, and protests have penetrated formerly docile suburbs.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Bane similarly penetrated the paint and scored a team-high 14 points before the break, ending with 20-plus points for the 26th time in a Magic uniform.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Williams introduces us to a woman who is pierced by the clarity of her vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Raha was one of them, killed by a bullet that pierced her lungs.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Accessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accessed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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