gain access

Example Sentences

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One, shared by cybersecurity researcher Dark Web Informer on X, showed someone searching for the username of an account they wished to gain access to as part of Instagram's recovery process.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Carpenter said that when Applegate couldn’t gain access, he knocked on the door as well as rang the doorbell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The researchers wrote software that links together two bugs and a handful of techniques to corrupt the Mac’s memory and then gain access to parts of the device that should be inaccessible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The Defense Department has completed agreements with seven technology companies, including many of the industry’s biggest, to use their artificial-intelligence capabilities in classified settings, boosting the Pentagon’s efforts to gain access to cutting-edge AI tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

CIA analysts soon identified a single manhole, located on Warsaw Boulevard in Moscow, as the best place for an agent to gain access to the trench.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau