How to Use eligible in a Sentence
- I'd like to join but I'm not eligible yet.
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To be eligible for the program, users must be at least 18 years old and must reside in the US.
— Robert Peck, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Every year, a ton of shows open in April; to be eligible for that year’s Tony Awards, a show must open by the end of April.
— Mathew Brownstein, New York Times, 9 June 2023 -
In future years, a system will be in place for local artists to apply to play at the festival and be eligible for the prize.
— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024 -
An eligible home must: Be built before 1980, on level ground or a slight slope.
— Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023 -
The biggest challenge coming with a loss would be to SDSU’s quest to be bowl eligible for a 14th straight season.
— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023 -
Over 35 years with no record of him being eligible for a hearing for parole?
— BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023 -
And yes, Glossier's cult-favorite You Scent is eligible for the discounts, along with its matching candle.
— Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023 -
The greatest film score of 2023 isn’t eligible for an Academy Award.
— Jon Burlingame, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Of the previous 11, eight are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and two are not eligible for consideration yet.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 6 June 2023 -
Using the new measure, families in 219 schools will be eligible for the tax credit.
— Tcrain, al, 2 June 2023 -
Ohtani, who is eligible for free agency this off-season, left Wednesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds with one out in the second inning.
— Victor Mather, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023 -
The new guidance stops short of a full-throated recommendation for all eligible older adults to get the shots.
— Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 June 2023 -
Young children with the condition, as well as older patients for whom the disease has caused a lot of damage, may not be eligible for the treatment.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Households that haven’t ordered at-home tests recently are eligible for up to two orders of four tests each.
— Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 -
All three players would be eligible to sign with the Heat as a free agent this season because their pre-waiver salaries are under $12.4 million.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Absentees There are four players who are eligible to play but won’t feature – chief among them, Tiger Woods.
— Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Commanders running back Derrick Gore is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023 -
Leonard has been eligible for a contract extension since mid-July, and George since Sept. 1.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Those seeking vaccines do not need to live in Oakland County to be eligible for shots at the health division's clinics.
— Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024 -
The surge in stock price would make some sense if there were any indication that the company had begun a turnaround or found an eligible buyer.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 July 2023 -
The new program is available to all eligible new and existing members.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 20 July 2023 -
While all Starbucks beverages are eligible for the deal, the half off opportunity is the perfect chance to try one of the chain’s four new holiday cold foams.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023 -
William Nylander is in the final year of his contract and is also eligible for an extension.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Score 30% off Olaplex's entire bond-boosting line (even sets are eligible for the discount), or pick up a luxe hair mask from Pureology for under $30.
— Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023 -
Single girls ages 13-25 who live in Oceanside are eligible to enter.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Any organization with a workforce of at least 150 people is eligible for the award.
— Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Once uploaded, consumers will be eligible for the free smart cable.
— John Towfighi, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024 -
To be eligible, families must live in Carson, so bring your ID to verify your address.
— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023 -
In fact, these accounts are also eligible for ad-sharing revenue based on the organic impressions on promotions that appear in the replies to their extremist and racist posts.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
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With the win, the Blazers are now bowl-eligible for the second time in coach Bill Clark's tenure.
— AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017 -
As many as 15 are age-eligible for the Tokyo Olympics next summer.
— USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020 -
There are lots of full fields at Santa Anita and four of the five turf races have also eligibles.
— John Cherwa, latimes.com, 9 June 2018 -
Rich Strike was an also-eligible who only got into the race due to a late scratch.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 21 May 2022 -
The software will let eligible users live-stream to a new subreddit called r/pan.
— Julia Alexander, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2019 -
Any deal would have to start with Baynes, who became trade eligible last weekend.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021 -
In all, 93 horses — plus eight also-eligibles — were drawn for the 10-race opening card.
— Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2019 -
Tyler’s dad Tony grew up on a farm in Flora, in a household eligible for food stamps but refusing to get them.
— Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2018 -
None of the targets will be be draft-eligible until 2019, at the earliest, but with so much talent in one spot, NBA teams make sure to keep an eye out.
— Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 10 Apr. 2018 -
More than 90% of students at the school are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, a measure of poverty.
— Ian Lovett and Tawnell D. Hobbs, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2019 -
There are three turf races, including the one-mile seventh race with 10 starters and four also eligibles.
— John Cherwa, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018 -
Through six games, ASU was sitting at 5-1 and becoming bowl-eligible didn't seem like a question, but with three straight losses much now seems up in the air.
— Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 10 Nov. 2019 -
The charge is death-penalty eligible, although that decision has not yet been made, Cullen said.
— Washington Post, 29 June 2018 -
Rose will be playoff-eligible should the Timberwolves qualify for the first time since 2004.
— K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2018 -
Most of the Federal Circuit judges thought the invention should be patent-eligible but felt trapped by Supreme Court precedent.
— Paul R. Michel and Matthew J. Dowd, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020 -
Both are eligible for free Prime shipping and feature Alexa.
— CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2019 -
The criteria for players to become eligible for free agency, which first came to M.L.S. in 2015, have been loosened.
— Kevin Draper, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020 -
Nelson, 28, is arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter and has three more years of control.
— Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017 -
On Friday, the Padres agreed to one-year deals with four others, leaving Hand as the lone player eligible for arbitration.
— Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Jan. 2018 -
Oregon State is bowl eligible before the end of October for only the fourth time in school history.
— oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022 -
Both are eligible for free agency after the 2020 World Series.
— Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019 -
Her grandmother, both over 65 and Native American, was one of the first eligible for the Moderna shot.
— Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 4 June 2021 -
Tipsters to Crime Stoppers are anonymous an eligible for a cash reward.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 26 Sep. 2022 -
As Jeremy Pelzer writes, nursing-home staffers, health-care workers, and other first-responders will be among the first eligible for the vaccine.
— Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2020 -
Our students are 80 percent black or Latino, and 70 percent are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
— Christina Lewis, The Root, 19 Mar. 2018 -
While lottery eligible, Washington could make the playoffs via the NBA’s play-in tournament.
— Matt Goul, cleveland, 10 May 2021 -
That means a business eligible for solar and wind tax credits build the facility and Platte River signs on to buy the power for a certain number of years.
— Jacy Marmaduke, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017 -
Arkansas State is bowl-eligible for the ninth consecutive season, and has won at least seven games every year in that stretch.
— Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 26 Nov. 2019 -
Years from now, when Curry retires and waits to become Hall-of-Fame eligible, he will be remembered as a basketball legend.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2021 -
In addition, a surge among the mostly not-vaccine-eligible 10 to 19-year-olds only recently has settled a bit; this group too has seen a large increase in cases.
— Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
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