1
as in capability
a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job
the fashion firm was looking for an applicant who could list superior sewing skills among his or her qualifications
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as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
will give us his permission to go to the conference with the qualification that we make up the time later
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Recent Examples of qualification
Look at their qualifications — make sure they are licensed.
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Pros: Detailed quality assurance processes Round-the-clock customer service Transparent refund policies
Cons:
Rush charges apply
Strict refund qualifications
GradeMiners has thousands of positive reviews and a 4.9-star rating on Sitejabber.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Artists interested in submitting their qualifications can find more details and application instructions at https://www.escondido.gov/1238/Grand-Avenue-Art-Project.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Hansen stripped off her knee pads, helmet, elbow pads, cave pack and muddy boots — after finishing her qualifications to lead cave tours at the national monument — and began to cry.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Pros: Detailed quality assurance processes Round-the-clock customer service Transparent refund policies
Cons:
Rush charges apply
Strict refund qualifications
GradeMiners has thousands of positive reviews and a 4.9-star rating on Sitejabber.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Artists interested in submitting their qualifications can find more details and application instructions at https://www.escondido.gov/1238/Grand-Avenue-Art-Project.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Hansen stripped off her knee pads, helmet, elbow pads, cave pack and muddy boots — after finishing her qualifications to lead cave tours at the national monument — and began to cry.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualification
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The robot is designed with high flexibility at the waist, 320° of rotation capability, and hollow joint wiring for a lightweight design with high durability and reliability.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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The work was supposed to pave the way for NASA's Artemis III in 2027, the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972, where Nokia and Axiom Space will integrate 4G LTE communications capabilities into astronaut spacesuits.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
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The United States’ treaties with China and India have no arbitration provisions, so the U.S. competent authority could simply decline to agree to relieve double taxation.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The federal bill would among other things restore a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before making election changes.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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Providing the culinary expertise will be Kogi chef Roy Choi as well as chef and author Alice Waters, among others.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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This requirement is premised on the idea that agencies left to their own devices will not elevate expertise in their decision making.—
James Broughel,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Regulatory compliance is also managed through specialized software that tracks changing requirements and automates reporting processes.—
Serge Beck,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Rideshare company representatives told city councilors during a hearing last month that the ordinance was too stringent and that making companies get umbrella liability insurance for their workers exceeds the state's requirements.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump effectively ends Chevron's ability to operate in Venezuela.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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But human physicians can also be overconfident in their reasoning abilities, and may wrongly ignore correct diagnoses offered by patients, non-physician health workers or AI systems.—
Paul Hsieh,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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By contrast, as trade expert and non-partisan Growth Commission Chairman Shanker Singham explains, the EU conditions market access on accepting the EU regulatory system and EU standards.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The news came in a Holy See press office update issued on the 88-year-old's condition Sunday morning.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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The weirdest stuff in the movie belongs to Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard’s roles as Christmas angels who narrate the story and get into some hi-jinks on the side.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
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Natalie does a lot of stuff with Everytown for Gun Safety.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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With his calm demeanor and distinctive baritone, Biggie exhibited a rare talent for painting pictures with his bars, delivering a complex rhyme scheme of double entendres and metaphors that has kept him on the Mount Rushmore of rap for any true connoisseur of the genre.—
Shirley Halperin for The Hollywood Reporter,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2025
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As powerful as the winners' speeches, these moments are a true celebration of the talent that has reshaped the art of movie storytelling.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Qualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualification. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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