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Recent Examples of admissible The judge ruled Friday that the sketches will not be admissible, according to Fox59. Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024 Defense lawyers, however, may still get to argue during the trial why certain evidence is admissible. Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024 The judge ultimately rules that the DNA evidence is admissible — to which Laura’s lawyer, Rita Calhoun, strenuously objects — but also that Benson can testify to how Laura’s trauma might have affected her actions. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024 In August 1990, a judge ruled that the tapes were admissible evidence because Oziel stated that Lyle had threatened him and broke doctor-patient confidentiality privileges by doing so. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for admissible 
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Adjective
  • Yes, regifting is allowable, under etiquette rules.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There is no equivalent to SWIFT that can provide U.S. officials with data on supply chains, and U.S. semiconductor businesses have been willing to walk right up to the edge of what is allowable to maintain access to the Chinese market.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The number of students who report that shouting down a speaker to stop a campus speech, blocking other students from attending a campus speech, and using violence to stop a campus speech is acceptable in some form has risen incrementally since 2022.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Everyone has tacitly agreed that talking is acceptable.
    Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Being giddy over the Lightning’s transformation is permissible.
    John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The controversies cost the leaders of several Ivy League universities their jobs, and resulted in many universities changing their rules around permissible campus activity and introducing new disciplinary measures in an apparent bid to prevent further such protests from taking place.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024

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“Admissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admissible. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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