ACCESSIONS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

accessions

noun

plural of accession

as in acquisitions

something added to an existing supply an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions

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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. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025

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Noun

But Giovanni Marcantoni, Volo's founder and CEO, told CNBC that about three-fourths of its growth has come from organic expansion, rather than through acquisitions, as more Americans look for ways to build community.

— Alex Harring,Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
The discussion will examine the mechanics behind major sports transactions, including franchise acquisitions, minority ownership stakes, private equity investment and evolving financing structures.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of acquisitions

Noun

There’s plenty of room to build Pick’em entries well beyond the ESPN doubleheader.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
The narrative moves between teenage football players, police officers, and clueless parents, with diary entries, footnotes, photographs, and archival materials at play; you might be reminded of Rejection or Lost Lambs, but with odder grammar.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of entries

Noun

Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).

— Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of accesses

Noun

Ending racial preferences in admissions leaves substantial discrimination untouched if universities distribute other opportunities by race.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The administration repeatedly lowered the annual refugee admissions ceiling, ultimately setting it at 15,000 for fiscal year 2021, a record low at the time.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of admissions

Noun

There are no doors, just a seat, a steering wheel and a flight stick, with every control switched off except two buttons.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
The home renewal company provides replacement windows, siding, doors and roofing installations from roughly 14 showrooms and office locations dotted throughout the Midwest.

— S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of doors

Noun

The miniature toys can also be used as charms and attached to keys, bags and other accessories.

— Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
The Rooms With eight minimalist guest rooms in the main house (all but one on the first floor) and three freestanding, sea-facing forest cottages, all 11 keys are both chic and cozy.

— Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of keys

Noun

All four spiral slides are open to the public and allow four people to ride simultaneously from various entrances such as the family-style restaurants, the Google offices, the Rosewood Hotel, and the Arte Abierto Art Space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Con Edison trucks also blocked nearby roads by entrances at spots where NYPD vehicles would usually stand sentry.

— Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of entrances

Noun

Investigators found a video showing a customer boarding a plane in Havana bound for Fort Lauderdale, along with messages celebrating arrivals on the Cancun-Fort Lauderdale route and photographs of passports and airline tickets.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
He was ordered to turn over his passports before leaving Brazil with his family for the United States on Tuesday.

— Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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