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admittance

noun

əd-ˈmi-tᵊn(t)s How to pronounce admittance (audio)
Definition of admittancenext
as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in admittance to the country club requires sponsorship from a current member

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Recent Examples of admittance In 1970, he was arrested for breaking a glass door at Waukegan City Hall when he was refused admittance to a Waukegan City Council meeting. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 To gain admittance, schools currently on the outside must elevate their brands. — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026 The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has said that the country will not participate in the Biennale if Russia is allowed admittance. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026 After their children were denied admittance into the Seventeenth Street School in Westminster, the Mendez parents, along with four other families, filed a class-action lawsuit against four Orange County school districts in 1945. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for admittance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admittance
  1. access
  2. admission
  3. door
  4. accession
  5. entrance
  6. entry
Noun
  • These are often the families who need access to mainstream credit the most.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of access
Noun
  • Casting Johnson was, by Gyllenhaal’s own admission, a provocation.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The recent grad floated slightly looser admissions standards for football as a possible solution.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of admission
Noun
  • The contemporary abode is outfitted with pale wood floors, a full black-and-white kitchen, and glass-and-steel doors that separate the queen bedroom from the rest of the airy space.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The nonprofit thrift store in Homer Glen has been about six years in the making and opened its doors Thursday as cars parked in a nearby overflow lot and customers enjoyed punch and cookies while browsing through the displays.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of door
Noun
  • The question put to the Nordic nation of nearly 400,000 was whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Iceland’s foreign minister told local media that the negotiations to reach an accession deal could take 18 months.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accession
Noun
  • At the far end of the tiny house, opposite the entrance, is a proper bedroom, rather than the loft-style sleeping spaces found in many tiny houses.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The entrance to Oslo Cathedral was prepared for the occasion.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrance
Noun
  • These political misfits have found entry to the Big Time through the Democratic Socialists of America.
    — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The announcement marks the biggest change to the iPhone since it was introduced in 2007, and an entry into a category that Samsung has dominated for years.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of entry

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