How to Use eligibility in a Sentence

eligibility

noun
  • Frank could apply for and earn an extra year of eligibility.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • They then can be signed with such playoff eligibility up to the April 9 end of the regular season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Income eligibility for the program also changed with the rules update.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The child tax credit is a tax break for parents and guardians of qualifying children (more on eligibility later).
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But sending mass texts on Medicaid eligibility will be new, McEvoy said.
    Amanda Seitz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Boum and Adam Kunkel are the only players on Xavier's roster with no remaining eligibility after this season.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
  • New to the blitz is a change in eligibility for the beds.
    Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Elliott and The White Stripes made the list in their first year of eligibility.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • And those changes might cost the course its eligibility to host some high school events.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • But for Indiana to reach six wins and bowl eligibility, these are the type of plays and penalties that must be tossed out of the equation.
    Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Five years later in 1979, in his first year of eligibility, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Indeed, the band deserves to go in its first year of eligibility – 2025 – a la Pearl Jam and Eminem.
    Jim Harrington, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There was just no way that was going to work out for them, because there was no school, so there was no eligibility.
    Abc News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971, his first year of eligibility.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The company has built an internal team to work with the user and their clinician every step of the way during the process of screening for eligibility and filing claims to Medicare.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Hanada will join the Rams as a junior and will have two seasons of eligibility.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Johnson is out of eligibility; Bowen and Ducas haven’t chosen whether to return for a fifth year.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The band made it into the Rock Hall in its first year of eligibility, while Smashing Pumpkins have still yet to receive such an honor.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The goal, Messner said, is not to disqualify Trump from the ballot, but to have the Supreme Court decide on his eligibility.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In Plénitude’s first year of eligibility, the restaurant rocketed to the top of Michelin’s rankings, earning tres etoiles right out of the gate in 2022.
    Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Elliott is the lone act to be inducted on her first year of eligibility.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Spotify said songs can go in and out of eligibility for the 1,000-stream minimum as the company will account for stream share at the end of each month.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
  • There’s not much higher praise than that — and Clark, with her huge and growing fan base, has another year of eligibility.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • De Laura will be a fourth-year junior in the fall with two years of eligibility remaining.
    Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • In his first year of eligibility, Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 19 June 2024
  • Though he’s got one year of eligibility left, Timme has said publicly that four years at Gonzaga is enough.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The requirements for eligibility for president are 35 years of age and born in the United States.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • The question of eligibility has been among the most controversial issues for the task force.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • Both of those women released huge titles in the past eligibility period, and they are all but assured to land one of the five or six available slots.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Counties will now be required to screen all youths for eligibility within two months of entering foster care and to notify recipients when benefits are applied for or received.
    Emily Alvarenga, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024

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