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prospective

[pruh-spek-tiv] / prəˈspɛk tɪv /


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Prospective buyers were whiplashed by mortgage rates, which fell briefly below 6% this winter before jumping as high as 6.6% in late March, according to Mortgage News Daily.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

There was an even bigger incentive offered by Pace: Prospective applicants who visit are promised an additional $1,000 a year of financial aid if they enroll.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Prospective customers essentially line up at grid operators and transmission and distribution utilities to complete the engineering studies that ultimately lead to electric service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The study drew on blood protein biomarker data from the PHRI-led Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological study, an international research initiative.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

Prospective parents arrived and mingled with the busloads of kids, who came with social workers.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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