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admissibility

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Definition of admissibility

as in applicability

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Recent Examples of admissibility The hearing is scheduled to last through July 10, but there have been significant delays as attorneys argue over the admissibility of much of the evidence. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026 During processing, two travelers underwent additional inspection, a routine part of CBP's inspection process when officers need to verify information or determine admissibility. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 8 June 2026 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. — 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 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

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Noun

Still, the reason Belmont endures is its plain language and broad applicability.

— Stephanie Haridopolos, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026
Set that against Microsoft's research mapping AI applicability across occupations, which scores knowledge and information work highest and physical labor lowest, and an unnerving pattern surfaces.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of applicability

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The women received mainstream publicity, and Flav, an icon in the ‘80s and 90s with Public Enemy and the star of a reality TV dating show through the mid-2000s, once again reinvented himself into cultural relevancy.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Names that balanced regional pride, cultural relevancy, and just the right amount of dad-joke magic.

— Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026

Definition of relevancy

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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
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

Definition of pertinence

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Each business segment can be run against the materiality framework relevant to that segment, with the analyst identifying which risks survive the financial-materiality filter and why.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
For students of Naturephilosophen, materiality was essential.

— Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026

Definition of materiality

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We are swayed by subconscious gestures that ultimately have no bearing on a person’s ability to do a job, like poor posture or a weak handshake.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
After multiple contractors had assured them the wall separating the future kitchen from the living area wasn’t load-bearing, an asbestos crew uncovered the opposite.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

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