1
as in confession
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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2
as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in
no admission unless accompanied by an adult
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Recent Examples of admission
The event will feature festival food, cold drinks, kids’ activities, live music and a fireworks show beginning at 9:30 p.m. Gates will open at 5 p.m. and admission is free.
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Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025
But the company was forced to retreat a year later following the admission that its earnings had been fabricated.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Alongside funding cuts, higher education is facing growing federal scrutiny over admissions and diversity.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Free with museum admission: $35, $33 seniors, $22 youth.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
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Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025
But the company was forced to retreat a year later following the admission that its earnings had been fabricated.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Alongside funding cuts, higher education is facing growing federal scrutiny over admissions and diversity.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Free with museum admission: $35, $33 seniors, $22 youth.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admission
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Initially, they were paid for their work by the crown, though Brinkman suggests that over time many of them instead came to depend on fees, such as a charge paid by parishioners for providing interpretation during a confession or baptism.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 July 2025
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Almodóvar’s lawsuit against the city accuses Guevara, similarly accused in dozens more cases, of framing Almodóvar with coerced and manipulated confessions.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Amazon Prime subscriptions are available for $14.99 per month or $139 per year, which includes access to Prime Video.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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As a result, public transit agencies and corporate mobility providers now have access to a clean, connected and scalable solution for autonomous travel.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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Trump has openly flirted with nearly every major conspiracy theory of the last half century, and championed one of the most reckless through his insistence without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Yet labor leaders – and even some in-office evangelists – said the governor’s willingness to suddenly drop his demand proved the order was a clever political move and undermined his insistence that in-person work is superior, necessary for productivity and builds public trust.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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The victim was standing outside the entrance of Public School 174, the Dumont School, on Dumont Ave. near Williams Ave.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Wreath in shape of football jerseys are displayed at the entrance of the cemetery after the funeral ceremony of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 5, 2025.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Recent bilateral defense agreements with all five Nordic countries and the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, in 2023 and 2024, respectively, have strengthened collective defense in the Arctic.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The King's cousins Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Richard's wife, Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester, also stepped out on the terrace of the royal residence and have supported the King at every Trooping since his accession in September 2022.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio emerged from a 40-minute meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday with an acknowledgment that talks between Moscow and Kyiv for peace in Ukraine have not progressed much.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
10 July 2025
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That acknowledgment comes as Iran’s theocracy has slowly begun to admit the scale of the damage wrought by the 12-day war with Israel, which saw Israeli fighter jets decimate the country’s air defenses and conduct strikes at will over the Islamic Republic.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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In the video, someone from Lopez’s crew tells a shocked González that the actress and musician is behind the backstage door and the artist presents her canvas and covers her mouth in disbelief.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Seal drafts around windows and doors to keep warmth in.—
Alyssa Hui-Anderson,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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Administration officials declared that other countries were desperate to make concessions to avoid the massive import taxes – tariffs — that Trump was threatening to plaster on their products starting July 9.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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All points of sale, including the box office, parking, and concessions, will only accept credit cards.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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“Admission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admission. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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