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
Defendants of course argued that the trial court erred in denying their special motion because Wunsch had not proven up each element of his claims with admissible evidence.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Mangione's attorneys are arguing that evidence recovered on the day of his arrest — including a magazine, a gun, a silencer and a notebook of Mangione's writings — should not be admissible in his state trial.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Reviewing these hundreds of thousands of petitions and applications will inevitably discover a small swath of cases where the applicant was not admissible at the time of filing.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
In a court filing, Friedman-Agnifilo argued the writings and all the items recovered from the backpack should not be admissible since police illegally searched the bag without a warrant, and there was no immediate threat to justify a warrantless search.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Mangione's attorneys are arguing that evidence recovered on the day of his arrest — including a magazine, a gun, a silencer and a notebook of Mangione's writings — should not be admissible in his state trial.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Reviewing these hundreds of thousands of petitions and applications will inevitably discover a small swath of cases where the applicant was not admissible at the time of filing.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
In a court filing, Friedman-Agnifilo argued the writings and all the items recovered from the backpack should not be admissible since police illegally searched the bag without a warrant, and there was no immediate threat to justify a warrantless search.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admissible
Adjective
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Their review centers on whether Gutierrez acted within his allowable discretion in concluding the jurors fumbled so badly their verdict had to be vacated.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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The months of back and forth over budgets and allowable expenses seems part of Florida’s strategy to get the tent facility constructed quickly and without providing details that would be too carefully scrutinized, said Paul Schwiep, an attorney for Friends of the Everglades.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Given the magnitude of financial influence in modern campaigns, the public deserves a direct say in whether this system is acceptable.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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But October 7th also contributed to this by raising the bar of what level of violence is considered acceptable in the West Bank.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One request was to increase the permissible building height from 35 feet to 46 feet, which drew criticism from residents who would be living near the property.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The permissible purposes for a 529 have recently expanded to allow up to $20,000 annually per beneficiary for K-12 tuition, tutoring, special needs therapies, nondegree credentialing programs and, sometimes, rollovers to Roth IRAs.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Admissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admissible. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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