eligible

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Recent Examples of eligible Advertisement After being posted last month by his Nippon Professional Baseball league club, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki effectively became eligible to sign with an MLB team when the international signing period opened Jan. 15. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn't eligible for parole again until 2026. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025 When he was benched this season, Jones ranked 35th in passer rating among eligible QBs (79.4), 35th in EPA/ dropback (-0.08), 32nd in EPA/attempt (0.04) and 36th in touchdown rate (2.3%). Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Advertisement In recent years, prison reform and the COVID-19 pandemic have shrunk the pool of eligible inmates. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for eligible 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eligible
Adjective
  • Support In a meeting with the U.S. House of Representatives' select committee on China earlier this week, McCourt and his co-bidder Kevin O'Leary received assurances that lawmakers on both sides of the U.S. political aisle are committed to ensuring a qualified divestiture.
    Krystal Hu, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • This fall, Payne moved from linebacker to the defensive line, putting up good numbers with 28 tackles, nine hurries, 2 1/2 sacks and 11 tackles for loss as the Warriors qualified for the playoffs.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Drinking in the game: For decades, soccer fans in the UK have not been able to enjoy their preferred adult beverages while watching matches at stadiums.
    Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Pumpkin can get up on her hind legs, her little black semiaquatic paws pressed to her chest, to get a treat, and is able to spin around on command.
    Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Three weeks ago they were ranked No. 13, and Underwood told reporters his team was capable of making another deep postseason run.
    Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That's why this 33% discount on the capable and portable Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is a welcome treat.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But after adding three inexpensive yet highly skilled perimeter players — Vandersloot for facilitation, Allen and Nurse for high-volume 3-point shooting — the Sky are now more likely to retain the No. 3 and No. 10 picks to dig into the second phase of building through the draft.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • All these defense strategies will require adequate funding, with the needs likely to increase as cyber criminals become ever more skilled.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • People in court accused of crimes are presumed, under the law, to be competent to stand trial unless shown otherwise.
    Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • She was initially set to be tried alongside two others with ties to the group but was deemed not competent for trial by evaluators for both the defense and prosecution.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Emergency responders and utility crews are prepared to address the fallout, but recovery efforts may take time if damage is extensive.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Over the course of a few months, power sector experts issued warnings that the U.S. isn’t prepared for the influx of electricity demand from AI as big technology companies raced to deploy data centers to scale their ambitions.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025

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