access
noun
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance.
were accessing
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past progressiveof access.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said in July that he does not support "simply banning" phones for under-16s, but that the government needed to "look again" at what content children were accessing online.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
The employees clicked on a link in the body of the email, thinking they were accessing a legitimate message, according to the agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
Few of the patients KHN interviewed could recall being told that they were accessing emergency services, nor did they recall entering a space that looked like an emergency room or was marked as one.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022
Google denied wrongdoing, arguing that the employees it fired or suspended were accessing files they should not have and had no right to dictate with whom the company does business.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2022
But Facebook this month cut off researchers who were accessing Facebook data, drawing a rebuke from the Federal Trade Commission.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
