How to Use prospective in a Sentence

prospective

adjective

• Few details of this prospective deal have been released as of yet.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
• 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
• And to purchase one, prospective shoppers must first join a waitlist.
  — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
• 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
• So Bed Bath & Beyond has a lot to offer prospective tenants.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Have the prospective contractor walk through the area to be renovated.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• Data collection is key, from the movements of a player to the actions of a prospective bettor.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• 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
• That caused a lot of prospective homebuyers to push off buying a home, sending home prices lower.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 3 May 2023
• But with interest rates now at 8%, prospective bond buyers could opt for a new five-year bond paying that rate.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• Further, the district has been able to keep 98% of the prospective educators placed there by the school of education.
  — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
• The list displays a quick-view pop-up profile summary of prospective people.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023
• Not long ago, the plastic surgeon Sam Rizk, MD, had a prospective patient come in for a consultation.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
• Research prospective treks by checking message boards and blogs.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• What percentage of prospective clients hire him after a pitch meeting?
  — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Unique features: Wait until prospective owners see the water views.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• Once a prospective volunteer applies, a Red Cross team member will reach out to determine what role is the best match for each person.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• However, real estate brokers have told him that in his present state, his house cannot even be shown to prospective buyers.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
• For now, these scenarios are still prospective and players across the industry remain in a state of suspense.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• When Sora recently caught the eye of a prospective pet parent who decided to adopt her, the shelter rejoiced.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• Known Unknowns Over the past couple of months, Graham has met with a succession of owners, and prospective owners, of soccer teams.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• Fuerst’s feeling is familiar to many prospective buyers in the current market.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The change is prospective, for new and existing prosecutors, and would not be retroactive to those already retired.
  — Tsicking, oregonlive, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024