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Recent Examples of admissibility
Defense attorneys are expected to challenge the admissibility of financial‑crime testimony and may seek to limit the scope of the state’s motive theory.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Had the former Wolverines coach and prosecutors failed to negotiate a plea deal and gone to trial, Moore’s attorneys were expected to attack the admissibility of evidence and the lawfulness of a search warrant.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Buckelew said the state was left with little choice because Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein has yet to rule on the admissibility of crucial evidence at the heart of their case.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
In addition to ruling on the admissibility of the confession, the judge is also expected to decide on a defense motion to delay the trial.
—Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
His legal team planned to contest the admissibility of the undercover evidence, but at a hearing in January, 2022, just as a judge’s associate began reciting the charges against him, White interrupted.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Had the former Wolverines coach and prosecutors failed to negotiate a plea deal and gone to trial, Moore’s attorneys were expected to attack the admissibility of evidence and the lawfulness of a search warrant.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Buckelew said the state was left with little choice because Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein has yet to rule on the admissibility of crucial evidence at the heart of their case.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
In addition to ruling on the admissibility of the confession, the judge is also expected to decide on a defense motion to delay the trial.
—Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
His legal team planned to contest the admissibility of the undercover evidence, but at a hearing in January, 2022, just as a judge’s associate began reciting the charges against him, White interrupted.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admissibility
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According to investigators, the survival benefit was observed regardless of a patient’s RAS mutation status, suggesting the treatment could have broad applicability across metastatic pancreatic cancer populations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Playwright Mark Rosenblatt takes a leaf from the Peter Morgan playbook of using newsy real-life controversies with direct contemporary applicability to spark balanced drama.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Raman is well-versed on matters of relevance and could have pushed back against Bass in substantive, detailed ways.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Research opportunities are incorporated in parallel, selected for their relevance to the candidate's specialty focus, and timed to help strengthen the application profile in a meaningful way.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Cultural relevancy requires topical commentary, a point of view, and an audience hungry for what a host and their guests have to say about what’s going on in the world.—
Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This is just another example of the seriousness with which Brunson approaches his job, and a reason why New York has returned to relevancy since Brunson joined the franchise in 2022.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
3 May 2026
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His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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Shackleton has some pertinence for fans of Apple TV’s sci-fi alternate-history series For All Mankind, in which prospectors from the United States and the Soviet Union compete for water resources inside the crater.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tillmans frequently displays his work tacked or taped directly to the gallery wall, interspersed with postcards, ink-jet prints, and magazine clippings, calling into question typical hierarchies of scale and subject matter and pointing out the photos’ materiality.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 May 2026
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Elsewhere in the collection, creamy pearls peep out between layers of polished, single-piece cast silver in bangles and earrings; while luminous spheres are paired with onyx cubes in an exploration of geometry and contrasting materiality.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly, his tenure as Aquaman villain Black Manta in the tumultuous DC Extended Universe had no bearing on his cautious approach to accepting a Marvel role.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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The fact that LLMs lack subjective experience has little bearing on the question of whether LLMs might be useful tools or have significant economic impact.—
Ted Chiang,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
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“Admissibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admissibility. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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