1
as in acquisitions
something added to an existing supply
an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions
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2
as in entries
the means or right of entering or participating in
joining the army was his emancipation from his family as well as his accession to adulthood
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Recent Examples of accessions
Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accessions
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Key acquisitions were made in Canada defender Jade Rose and Switzerland forward Iman Beney, while the January recruitment of midfielder Sam Coffey was already in the works.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Park had learned in her business classes that mergers and acquisitions often fail.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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For almost a month now, a twenty-eight-year old Iranian writer in Tehran has been sharing her diary entries with NPR.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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The deposit match is designed to instantly double your initial bankroll, giving you maximum flexibility to explore the board and build entries across the daily MLB and NBA schedules.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Book through various companies, such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up at any of the nearby public beach accesses.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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It has been questioned whether the school has the will to commit resources to winning in basketball, or to the flexibility in admissions to compete in the ACC.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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This rise corresponded with a nearly equal uptick in hospitalizations linked to kratom alone, from 43 admissions in 2015 to 538 in 2025.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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True was in her office inside the restaurant shortly after the lunch rush Monday afternoon when a customer came in and said the Chinese restaurant a couple doors down was on fire.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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The spectacle was sufficiently embarrassing that the Prime Minister decreed within a week that executions would theretofore be hidden behind prison doors.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Phelps demonstrated how to feed the paper manually, striking the keys with force but not so hard the letters would smudge.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Remove everything from your entryway — shoes, coats, bags, keys, mail, all of it.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Satellite images indicate that the Iranians subsequently broke through the rubble to open the tunnel entrances, perhaps to gain access to the nuclear materials.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Mining roads or entrances near missile storage facilities could restrict vehicle access and make launchers more vulnerable to airstrikes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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As a result, they'll be barred from voting, obtaining passports and more, the Democrats said.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Emergency passports handed off at clandestine locations.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Accessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accessions. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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