access
noun
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance.
had accessed
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past perfectof access.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It found that during tests conducted alongside Irregular, Claude had accessed three separate companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
In May, Dayton, Ohio, suspended use of its Flock cameras and covered them with garbage bags after finding that out-of-state agencies had accessed the city’s data thousands of times for immigration searches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The privately owned Manage My Health platform said cybercriminals had accessed the records of six-to-seven percent of its 1.8 million users in the country.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
On Monday, a judge at Delhi's Patiala House Courts said that the police had accessed the footage and submitted their report.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
He had accessed the anonymous FTP server at the University of Helsinki to copy information about DES.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
