Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

access

[ak-ses] / ˈæk sɛs /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

MILAN—Prada flew more than 100 of its best customers here for this city’s storied Fashion Week, giving them private access to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” and dinners at restaurants booked out just for them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

RTX has also struggled with getting raw materials, saying in June that supply-chain disruptions have affected access to the rare earth elements, microelectronics and other critical components to missile production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone, the BBC has travelled with government forces from Taiz through checkpoints to the line where the Houthi control ends and no man's land begins.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Zach Meyers of CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank, echoed some of Rombach's concerns, saying the "biggest barrier" to AI growth and innovation in Europe was access to capital.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

American ships could block access to the island.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Harvey said it accesses closed models through APIs provided by model providers and authorized cloud providers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

So, if you wanted to exclude Netflix, you’d have to know all the domains it accesses to get it to work properly, which isn’t always practical.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

"Trimingham beach is a really remote location and there aren't any nearby beach accesses so they were put there to move things around like concrete, steel sheet piles and timber."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024

“A private Gmail account — just because the employee accesses it from their office or their work computer — doesn’t become less private,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

There are sometimes convulsive accesses and there is sometimes the milder phenomenon of a deep restorative sleep.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers

The platform however argues it is a "generic male voice" whose perceived similarity to Tsuda's is subjective at best, according to court records accessed by AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In the case of the Commerce Department, an agent accessed a U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

A swarm of OpenAI agents accessed U.S. government websites as part of a monthslong incident during which tests conducted by the artificial-intelligence company went awry, leading to unexpected internet activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

While the review is ongoing, a spokesperson for the AI firm said that it is not believed that any patient records were accessed.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I happen to know that Amber Carson accessed the very file I'm looking for earlier today when Alicia called her.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Plants would need help accessing limited resources while also coping with harsh growing conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Zuckerberg said the company is releasing more privacy protections that would prevent anyone including Meta from accessing people’s data when they use certain AI features on their glasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Unlike Google, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 model didn’t stop during the capture-the-flag exercise after realizing it was likely accessing a real company, according to Anthropic’s blog post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The sixth possible approach listed by Laforge is analyzing the bitcoin adoption cycle, but he noted that this is not an exact science and should involve accessing multiple different measuring techniques.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

I got so good at it that I made it through a few days without accessing once.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




Vocabulary lists containing access


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training