eligible
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You may be among the one million people, mostly women, who will receive letters explaining how you are eligible for top-up pension payments - and it's not a scam.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The biggest jump in recent years happened just after lockdown, beginning in May 2021, one month after all adults became eligible for vaccines nationwide.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
He says he is eligible to be transferred from prison to an alternative form of confinement under the First Step Act, the landmark 2018 criminal justice reform law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"Most Plaintiff States have already ordered their mail ballots, and some are required by state law to send them to eligible voters as early as next week," Judge Indira Talwani wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
At fifteen, I would have been sort of eligible to play, though no one really enforced the rules.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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