as in allowable
that may be permitted
using direct quotations without naming your source is not admissible
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Recent Examples of admissible
The sides had been tangling over the evidence since March, when the judge held a Frye hearing to determine whether the new type of DNA testing should be admissible.
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Michael Ruiz , Jennifer Johnson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Riverhead, New York — Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Wednesday.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Knox's initial testimony, which was typed by the police, would not be admissible as evidence in the retrial.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Results are admissible in court.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Michael Ruiz , Jennifer Johnson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Riverhead, New York — Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Wednesday.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Knox's initial testimony, which was typed by the police, would not be admissible as evidence in the retrial.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Results are admissible in court.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admissible
Adjective
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Now Kaprizov is a superstar and getting paid like one, taking reasonable expectations for star-caliber players and stretching them toward the upper limit of what’s allowable under the salary cap.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Nuggets president Josh Kroenke has made clear the team’s intention to offer him the full amount of money allowable.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Seventy-nine percent said cash and gift cards are more acceptable today than in the past.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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This behavior is legally acceptable in some towns and unclear or forbidden in others.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Others were related to the actual content of the courses, such as a school that used a curriculum that included inaccurate information about permissible blood-alcohol levels for drivers and another school that provided students with answers to final exam questions in advance.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Lyninger expressed skepticism over how traffic impediments would be defined and what level of street congestion would be permissible.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Admissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admissible. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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