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adjective

admissible

deserving to be admitted

In a sentence

Six example sentences with admissible, each labelled with its topic.

  • The recording was ruled admissible only because the officer had a signed order before the microphone was ever switched on.

    Law

  • Only work finished within the past two years is admissible to the spring show, so older canvases stay in the studio.

    Art

  • A result becomes admissible in the shared database only after two other laboratories reproduce it with their own equipment.

    Science

  • In a formal debate only premises both sides accept are admissible, so the argument cannot rest on a private conviction.

    Philosophy

  • A search heuristic is admissible only if it never overestimates the remaining distance, which is what keeps the route optimal.

    Technology

  • Insurance regulators count only admissible assets toward solvency, so office furniture and goodwill are left out entirely.

    Finance

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