How to Use eligible in a Sentence

eligible

1 of 2 adjective

• I'd like to join but I'm not eligible yet.
• Who’s eligible to opt out of spam calls, texts?
  — Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
• This is her fourth honor in the last five eligible months.
  — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 3 June 2026
• Lindsey could be draft-eligible as soon as next year.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
• Tips may be eligible for a cash reward.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
• You guys have been eligible for 20 years.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
• As of now, Lofton is still eligible to practice law, but that could change.
  — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
• The four teams in the play-in will be eligible for the draft lottery for the first time next season.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
• Posey, who becomes eligible for the first time in the next election, might achieve the same feat.
  — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 May 2026
• Gift cards are not an eligible purchase.
  — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
• Gift cards are not an eligible purchase.
  — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 12 May 2026
• The measure can now be brought up for a vote on the next eligible Monday.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
• Players must play at least 65 games to be eligible.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Those living in eligible zip codes can pick up a box every 30 days.
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Those who have been denied services who are eligible.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• This means that fans who haven't already placed their order won't be eligible for the free loaf anymore.
  — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
• Hosts must have their first guest by July 31 to be eligible.
  — Leondra Head, CBS News, 27 May 2026
• As the second runner-up, there was one other girl who was eligible to take over the title.
  — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
• Battle will be eligible to apply for parole in two years.
  — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Take the $1,000 if your child is eligible.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
• And Morse would be eligible for the position by then.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2026
• Items will also be flagged as eligible for next-day delivery in the cart and checkout pages.
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
• Those who don’t request a move are eligible for severance pay.
  — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Not all payments are boost-eligible.
  — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 3 June 2026
• Refugees are also no longer eligible.
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
• Who is eligible to get a US passport?
  — Fernanda Galan, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• Who is eligible to get a US passport?
  — Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• But parents with higher incomes are eligible for a part of the credit.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 21 Feb. 2026
• Get peace of mind with purchase protection on eligible items.
  — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 July 2026
• Over 35 years with no record of him being eligible for a hearing for parole?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023

eligible

2 of 2 noun

• The software will let eligible users live-stream to a new subreddit called r/pan.
  — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2019
• Any deal would have to start with Baynes, who became trade eligible last weekend.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
• Rich Strike was an also-eligible who only got into the race due to a late scratch.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 21 May 2022
• As many as 15 are age-eligible for the Tokyo Olympics next summer.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• There are lots of full fields at Santa Anita and four of the five turf races have also eligibles.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 9 June 2018
• The charge is death-penalty eligible, although that decision has not yet been made, Cullen said.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2018
• There are three turf races, including the one-mile seventh race with 10 starters and four also eligibles.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• Tyler’s dad Tony grew up on a farm in Flora, in a household eligible for food stamps but refusing to get them.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2018
• In all, 93 horses — plus eight also-eligibles — were drawn for the 10-race opening card.
  — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2019
• With the win, the Blazers are now bowl-eligible for the second time in coach Bill Clark's tenure.
  — AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017
• Tipsters to Crime Stoppers are anonymous an eligible for a cash reward.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 26 Sep. 2022
• Payton put four eligibles on the right side of the formation -- three receivers plus running back Tyler Badie.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
• Nelson, 28, is arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter and has three more years of control.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
• Oregon State is bowl eligible before the end of October for only the fourth time in school history.
  — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
• Our students are 80 percent black or Latino, and 70 percent are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
  — Christina Lewis, The Root, 19 Mar. 2018
• Both are eligible for free agency after the 2020 World Series.
  — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• Rose will be playoff-eligible should the Timberwolves qualify for the first time since 2004.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The top 14 fillies on the leaderboard are guaranteed a spot in the starting gate, with three horses added as also-eligibles in case anyone in the main field scratches.
  — Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• On Friday, the Padres agreed to one-year deals with four others, leaving Hand as the lone player eligible for arbitration.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• As Jeremy Pelzer writes, nursing-home staffers, health-care workers, and other first-responders will be among the first eligible for the vaccine.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2020
• Most of the Federal Circuit judges thought the invention should be patent-eligible but felt trapped by Supreme Court precedent.
  — Paul R. Michel and Matthew J. Dowd, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
• Most enrollees, known as dual eligibles, receive both Medicare and Medicaid.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• That leaves two spots on the men’s side, and with a weak-ish crop of first-year eligibles other than Bergeron, that gives the committee a chance to backfill some candidates who’ve been waiting for years.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• That means a business eligible for solar and wind tax credits build the facility and Platte River signs on to buy the power for a certain number of years.
  — Jacy Marmaduke, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017
• Through six games, ASU was sitting at 5-1 and becoming bowl-eligible didn't seem like a question, but with three straight losses much now seems up in the air.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 10 Nov. 2019
• While lottery eligible, Washington could make the playoffs via the NBA’s play-in tournament.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 10 May 2021
• Her grandmother, both over 65 and Native American, was one of the first eligible for the Moderna shot.
  — Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 4 June 2021
• None of the targets will be be draft-eligible until 2019, at the earliest, but with so much talent in one spot, NBA teams make sure to keep an eye out.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Those three also-eligibles — Resist, Nycon, and Lovely Grey — have all made it to the race this year, following three scratches since the draw on Saturday.
  — Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Because the program is primarily for dual eligibles, it is run as a state Medicaid program, and states have very different attitudes about PACE.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026