qualify
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Blanca and her husband are undocumented and do not qualify for CalFresh, but they have two children with disabilities who receive benefits each month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
To qualify for lower in-state tuition, I had to reside there for a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
To qualify, they merely need to earn enough work credits over their lifetime — typically 40 credits, which equates to around 10 years of work.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
At the moment funding for somebody getting care in their own home is means tested - so they may qualify for local council funding based on their income and savings.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I didn’t know much at all about psychoanalysis, but Danny Saunders, in his Hasidic clothes, seemed to me to be about the last person in the world who would qualify as an analyst.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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McCann grew up in England but qualifies to compete for Scotland through his father, Gerry.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Given that your house qualifies as premarital property, make sure you have the paperwork to show you did so with separate funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The issue has evolved into a legal dispute between ABC, owned by Disney, and the FCC, over whether the show qualifies for the exception.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nancy Ryan, 65, has been paying that much per refill for Zepbound but that will fall to $50 a month if she qualifies for the new program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then he opens the lid...and within moments, I’m looking down into what definitely qualifies as a treasure.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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Mottet, a 31-year-old stay-at-home mother from Louisiana, recently qualified for Club Target, one of the largest initiatives for emerging creators with 15,000 members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
But being a member of Congress is a job, and in few other fields do we judge someone qualified just because they’re related to someone who was.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
One of the few fixtures was center Bradley Bozeman, who Pro Football Focus rated 40th out of 40 players who qualified at that position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Eddie Howe's side may have qualified for the Champions League in 2023 and 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
His name was Akhnaten Spencer-El, and he had been on a few national teams as a kid and even qualified for the Olympics in Sydney back in 2000.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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For people worried whether they worked enough: There is no maximum income that prevents people from qualifying for Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
His failure to slow sufficiently for yellow flags in qualifying compromised his starting position, but recovering from seventh to the podium and holding off the Ferraris was an impressive response.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Dragged a difficult Red Bull to a result that looked unlikely after qualifying.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Below are the dates, price caps and qualifying items for states offering tax holidays in late July and August.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Olympic trials track finals would be held in New York in July, and the Olympic committee would base its selection of competitors on a series of qualifying races.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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