How to Use qualify in a Sentence

qualify

verb
  • 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
  • That song didn’t feature enough in the movie to qualify.
    Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 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
  • Open roles at Meta no longer qualify for remote work—at least for now.
    Amber Burton, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Of those, the Wagoneer is the only model to qualify for a 2024 Top Safety Pick award.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2024
  • 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
  • What's known so far is that to qualify for the credit, new EVs must be made in North America.
    Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2022
  • 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 heats in those two events have wrapped, and the 22-year-old has qualified for both semifinals later today.
    NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • 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
  • Ole Miss, meanwhile, spent ten million dollars trying to build a team that could qualify for the college-football playoffs.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This time of year, most college sports fans are focused on football and which programs will qualify for the 12-team College Football Playoff that begins in December.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

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