ADMISSIBILITY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

admissibility

noun

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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First-year Florida coach Jon Sumrall faces a significant challenge reviving the Gators after a dismal 4-8 season and a lack of relevancy in recent years.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Don’t make changes, and you’re accused of being a dusty, immovable relic that fights to maintain relevancy.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of relevancy

Noun

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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Keep your proprietary logic where the model cannot absorb it, and prefer arrangements that keep the model interchangeable rather than load-bearing.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
As a tool, the AQI is inconsistent overall—its forecasts can be slow and imprecise, and its particulars don’t always have a bearing on direct experience.

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

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