How to Use prospective in a Sentence
prospective
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Few details of this prospective deal have been released as of yet.
— Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Details about the project (besides its prospective size and cost) are scant.
— Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024 -
To get face time with Lee, though, a prospective associate had to be willing to stay out late.
— Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023 -
There’s an actual child in the sketch (Episode 2) who plays a prospective student.
— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023 -
In the early 1990s, the L.A. riots, the Northridge earthquake and a recession took further wind out of the new hall’s prospective sails.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Word got out, and when a prospective client in the Midwest needed help with her skin, Linehan could not turn her down.
— Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Some law school deans said that the rankings had helped distinguish them in the eyes of prospective students.
— Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023 -
The suit says there are so many prospective claimants with the same injuries that it should be certified by the court as a class action.
— Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2023 -
The house still drew a drew long line of prospective buyers last week, local TV reports said.
— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 June 2024 -
And to purchase one, prospective shoppers must first join a waitlist.
— Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023 -
And tonight the Lions women's team is hosting a meet-and-greet for prospective players.
— Monica Eng, Axios, 31 July 2024 -
This season, one of the prospective wives happens to be a Cincinnati local.
— Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024 -
Rescue dogs are brought to the store to interact with prospective owners.
— Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023 -
The empty space has not drawn much appetite from prospective tenants.
— Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023 -
In today’s game, speed is always the go-to game plan, no matter the prospective opponent.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023 -
His job over these last three days is to talk about the positives and negatives of prospective draft picks from the Cowboys draft room.
— Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023 -
Berman said Monday the league is doing its due diligence with regard to prospective owners of both the Thorns and Red Stars.
— oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023 -
So Bed Bath & Beyond has a lot to offer prospective tenants.
— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023 -
Your prospective clients are not clear on your offering.
— Shavonnah Schreiber, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Have the prospective contractor walk through the area to be renovated.
— Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 8 June 2023 -
Preach away, all day long, inside the walls of their own cathedrals, to their own people and to prospective believers.
— Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 -
Data collection is key, from the movements of a player to the actions of a prospective bettor.
— Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023 -
There's always a slight chance, but prospective matchmaking is done by people who know the sport well.
— Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 -
But, what bets provide prospective bettors with the most value?
— Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022 -
The good news for prospective bettors in the Buckeye State is that the launch of Ohio online sports betting is closer than ever.
— cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022 -
The challenges for most prospective homebuyers in the D.C. region are threefold: high mortgage rates, high home prices and a lack of homes for sale.
— Michele Lerner, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Those bans, in turn, can influence whether prospective students want to enroll at schools in those states.
— Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The official said one remaining gap concerns the state of the conflict after the prospective deal plays out.
— Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 9 May 2024 -
That caused a lot of prospective homebuyers to push off buying a home, sending home prices lower.
— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 3 May 2023 -
Here's why these three Arizona cities made it to the top of the list, along with a roundup of the best and worst college cities in the U.S. to help prospective college students narrow down their school choices for the upcoming academic year.
— Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2024
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