How to Use prospective in a Sentence

prospective

adjective
  • Few details of this prospective deal have been released as of yet.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Details about the project (besides its prospective size and cost) are scant.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
  • To get face time with Lee, though, a prospective associate had to be willing to stay out late.
    Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
  • There’s an actual child in the sketch (Episode 2) who plays a prospective student.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • In the early 1990s, the L.A. riots, the Northridge earthquake and a recession took further wind out of the new hall’s prospective sails.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Word got out, and when a prospective client in the Midwest needed help with her skin, Linehan could not turn her down.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Some law school deans said that the rankings had helped distinguish them in the eyes of prospective students.
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The suit says there are so many prospective claimants with the same injuries that it should be certified by the court as a class action.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The house still drew a drew long line of prospective buyers last week, local TV reports said.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 June 2024
  • And to purchase one, prospective shoppers must first join a waitlist.
    Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • And tonight the Lions women's team is hosting a meet-and-greet for prospective players.
    Monica Eng, Axios, 31 July 2024
  • This season, one of the prospective wives happens to be a Cincinnati local.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • Rescue dogs are brought to the store to interact with prospective owners.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
  • The empty space has not drawn much appetite from prospective tenants.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In today’s game, speed is always the go-to game plan, no matter the prospective opponent.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • His job over these last three days is to talk about the positives and negatives of prospective draft picks from the Cowboys draft room.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Berman said Monday the league is doing its due diligence with regard to prospective owners of both the Thorns and Red Stars.
    oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
  • So Bed Bath & Beyond has a lot to offer prospective tenants.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Your prospective clients are not clear on your offering.
    Shavonnah Schreiber, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Have the prospective contractor walk through the area to be renovated.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
  • Data collection is key, from the movements of a player to the actions of a prospective bettor.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • The challenges for most prospective homebuyers in the D.C. region are threefold: high mortgage rates, high home prices and a lack of homes for sale.
    Michele Lerner, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Those bans, in turn, can influence whether prospective students want to enroll at schools in those states.
    Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The official said one remaining gap concerns the state of the conflict after the prospective deal plays out.
    Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 9 May 2024
  • That caused a lot of prospective homebuyers to push off buying a home, sending home prices lower.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • But with interest rates now at 8%, prospective bond buyers could opt for a new five-year bond paying that rate.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Further, the district has been able to keep 98% of the prospective educators placed there by the school of education.
    Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Many colleges rely on the rankings to boost their brands and attract prospective students.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The challenge that always stood in the way of prospective designers was the need to invest substantial time and money in the extensive training needed for these specialized skills.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Cutting him with less than two weeks remaining on the schedule reportedly did not sit well with starter Corbin Burnes, a prospective free agent who called Kimbrel a clubhouse leader.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

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