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[kwol-uh-fahy] / ˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ /




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Several major luxury projects in the works could also qualify for federal tax breaks, including a Fouquet’s-branded hotel development and a 20-story office and retail tower called Ursa, where Robins is a partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

London City's ambitions are clear - so what happens if they do qualify this season?

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

After scrolling through the shingles subreddit and reading about other immunocompromised millennials struggling to get the shot, I didn’t think I’d easily qualify.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

To qualify, participants needed an HbA1c level below 6.5%, equivalent to 48 mmol/mol, and must have taken no glucose-lowering medication for at least 12 weeks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

At companies run by suits, such activities definitely don’t qualify as work.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

If your kid would rather get a welding certification or a commercial driver’s license than sit in a university lecture hall, the account can still help, as long as the program qualifies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Guinness World Records has yet to confirm whether the attempt qualifies as an official record.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

For one, it was a blast of cold coffee to the face to realize that what qualifies as a career-derailing flop in 2006 meets or beats the quality of most made-for-Netflix features.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

But even that isn’t guaranteed, since determining what qualifies for the exemption is left to the commission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I guess I could stick with the line about the sandwich, but it hardly qualifies as newsworthy.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The district qualified because census takers grouped the retail corridor with adjacent poorer neighborhoods and relied only on residential data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Note to seniors: The recent changes to charitable deductions don’t alter qualified charitable distributions, or QCDs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Its opponents have said the proposed criteria for awarding the grant funding would appear to create an extremely small pool of qualified recipients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

With no previous experience of the sport, he has just qualified to enter international competitions as a para biathlete - which combines cross-country skiing and shooting.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I’d like to take a moment here to pass things along to someone who is better qualified to tell this story,” she said, looking to her right.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

He admitted after qualifying that he had been "tight", not driving as well as he could have, a result of the pressure of the moment.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The map of qualifying zones was based on census income data that goes back as much as six years, meaning that it may no longer reflect the current status of a neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

For a team that were playing second-tier football 18 months ago, their lofty ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League suddenly don't seem farfetched.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The suit claims that earlier this year, she had made 119 qualifying payments and was on track to make her 120th payment in April.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Prevail there and it would mean a trip to Berlin, another qualifying race or two, and finally the gold medal race against the best crews in the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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