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ineligible

[in-el-i-juh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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If he remains ineligible for college football, Sorsby intends to declare for this summer’s NFL supplemental draft.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

This way, a state that aggressively removes ineligible or fraudulent enrollees would see its totals fall but its per person baseline untouched.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

A second flaw was that workers who contributed and then left the state to work or retire elsewhere would have been ineligible for benefits.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

It isn’t clear why traders are spending their money on extreme underdogs and ineligible candidates, and the pattern is seemingly at odds with Polymarket CEO and founder Shayne Coplan’s stated purpose for the market.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

I asked what was to become of the young writers whom the Communist party had implored to join the clubs and who were ineligible for the new group, and there was no answer.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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