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eligible

[el-i-juh-buhl] / ˈɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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About 27 million Peruvians are eligible to vote.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

As is the case with Fidelity and Schwab, customers for these three brokerages need to submit conditional offers or indications of interest to be eligible to receive an allocation.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Yet he will be a replay official in this World Cup, the first one he was eligible to work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Last month, the Treasury Department said there were 1.2 million accounts eligible for the $1,000 seed money.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

He got lost on the streets of Rome that same afternoon and never did find the eligible Red Cross girl from Smith with the important milk-of-magnesia plant.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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