How to Use qualify in a Sentence

qualify

verb
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  • They both qualify for the job.
  • The win qualifies her to compete in the final race.
  • The training will qualify you to sell insurance.
  • His experience qualifies him for the job.
  • The certification qualifies you to teach only in this state.
  • Did she qualify to receive financial aid?
  • Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.
  • And when the Bruins dipped again in the early 2010s, Cal qualified for the field.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Mexican team as a whole has not qualified for the Olympics since 1996.
    — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • This is Israels’ first Olympic team sport to qualify for the Olympics since 1976.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The United States has already qualified for the 2024 Olympics in France.
    — Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Panama finished a point and two places ahead of the US men’s team, which failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • About a third of students on the base qualify for free or reduced lunch.
    — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • To reach all who qualify would require tens of billions a year, and the price is growing.
    — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Kennedy has qualified for the ballot in only one state so far, Utah.
    — Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • If 14 teams had been a part of this year's postseason, the Chicago Cubs would have qualified as a wild-card team.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Parents can also read to their children to qualify for the prizes.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • The numbers can also be used to open bank accounts and qualify for a mortgage on a home.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Those who are 60 or older, qualify for the TCE program.
    — Adriana Morga, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The first thing to check is to see if your address qualifies for service with either of the carriers.
    — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2023
  • Each team will face the other teams within its group once, with the top eight teams then qualifying for the knockout rounds.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Falcons move to Division 1 in section play with the chance to qualify for the Open Division.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Does this sacred moment qualify as the genuine birth of hip-hop?
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There may be some Medicare patients who don’t qualify for free at-home test kits.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This has been a long-standing stance for many people who qualify to use hearing aids.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Laws to qualify to run for president vary by state − and the team of lawyers hired by the DNC intend to scrutinize Kennedy's efforts.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Practices begin this week and qualifying for the race takes place during the weekend.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • To qualify, a course must allow public play in some fashion.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • Other experts agree this does not qualify them as den animals in the way we’ve been led to believe.
    — Kelly Conaboy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Teams that fall short of qualifying for the knockout rounds will each play two regular season games Dec. 6 and Dec. 8.
    — Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2023

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