ADMISSIONS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

admissions

noun

plural of admission

as in confessions

an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself by her own admission, her cooking is not the greatest

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as in accessions

the means or right of entering or participating in no admission unless accompanied by an adult

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Recent Examples of admissions Those admissions would not, by themselves, invalidate the verdict. — Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 For months, a sizable group of University of California professors have been demanding the reinstatement of standardized test requirements in the undergraduate admissions policy. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 That report recommended keeping the SAT and ACT in place until UC could develop its own admissions test, an idea UC later concluded was too difficult and costly. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The campaign also has a tongue-in-cheek reference to the 2019 college admissions scandal. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026 College admissions officials, potential bosses, and even future romantic partners may turn to the internet to gain information about them. — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 16 Sep. 2026 The outlet reported that Taraneh later told the court that admissions attributed to her had been obtained through torture. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 His plea also included significant admissions about his own role in the operation. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 The recent grad floated slightly looser admissions standards for football as a possible solution. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Toward the end of the film, many walls of secrets come crashing down — some inexplicably so, through unprompted confessions.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Add Weather Stripping Add weather stripping around doors and windows to help fill in gaps that beetles can slip through.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026
Officials advised residents in zones nearby to shelter-in-place until further notice, with windows and doors closed and air conditioning systems turned off.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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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

This year, the video contest received 347 entries from 40 countries, judged by a panel composed of specialists in science and advanced light microscopy.

— Molly Finlay, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
Some of the entries this year have been knocking on the Hall door for years, including Tickle Me Elmo, the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Mahjong.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of entries

Noun

Many of the rooms have private entrances and are dotted around a courtyard.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2026
With seven windows, two main entrances on Via Montenapoleone and one in the courtyard, the store in the stately neoclassical building dating back to the late 17th century spans over three levels.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrances

Noun

Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities.

— Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The safety protections established for the central business district should also be available to historic residential communities, neighborhood gateways, school approaches and park corridors when comparable safety problems exist.

— Lawrence Bell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026

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