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[ad-mish-uhn] / ædˈmɪʃ ən /




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For students, this means seeing the benefit of studying because they know it can result in good grades, which can lead to college admission and eventually, a job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

An argument the courts have accepted in the past is that the hard pass represents a kind of admission ticket to a public forum.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Controlling shareholders such as Mr. Amodei and Mark Zuckerberg should pay without a cap, since by their own admission they control the risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Equity concerns drove some universities across the nation to eliminate standardized testing requirements for admission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

If we did fetch him, it would be an admission of guilt—that he really was an assassin working for us.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

He also cast doubt on Clancy's own admissions that she killed her children, in what would be a major shift from her mental health defense.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company claims its AI tools reduce hospital admissions by up to 70% and its robots boost care teams' capacity by 20% and productivity by up to 80%.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Though the state’s public universities still don’t use scores from the SAT and the similar ACT exam in admissions, they do use the exams as one factor in determining course placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The report does at least offer an accurate critique that schools contribute to an admissions race by rating high school students on “holistic” standards based largely on extracurricular activities rather than achievement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

That was the mission of John Blackburn, Virginia’s easygoing admissions dean, when he rented a car and took to the road in the spring of 2005.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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