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
  • Does the Capilene in the sleeves and hood qualify it as a base layer?
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • In order to qualify, the parlay must have at least three legs, each with odds of -200 or longer.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Amen Thompson might play too many games to qualify for Sixth Man of the Year, but his impact is clear.
    — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Those who qualify can go home with the medicines without having to make a trip to the pharmacy.
    — Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 June 2022
  • 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
  • To qualify, employees must be full time and must have worked for the county for at least one year.
    — Alia Malik, ajc, 7 Apr. 2022
  • 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 former are safe in midtable, the latter have safely qualified for the Champions League, and this game cannot affect any of the battles taking place up and down the table.
    — Sam Tighe, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • To qualify, a person must have had chronic low back pain for 12 weeks or longer with no systemic cause and pain that is not associated with surgery.
    — Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

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