as in potential
likely to be or become something at a later time
The school had a luncheon for prospective students.
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Recent Examples of prospective
All existing and prospective faculty shall be reviewed for plagiarism and Harvard’s plagiarism policy consistently enforced.
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Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
For instance, in the 80s people would go into little studios and record their bios on VHS tapes that could be sent around to prospective partners.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Create an insight, a document, a path, a vision or anything that demonstrates value to your prospective employer.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Longer and larger prospective studies are needed to inform clinical guidance about how this population can safely use GLP-1s, Basina said.
—Julia Ries, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
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Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
For instance, in the 80s people would go into little studios and record their bios on VHS tapes that could be sent around to prospective partners.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Create an insight, a document, a path, a vision or anything that demonstrates value to your prospective employer.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Longer and larger prospective studies are needed to inform clinical guidance about how this population can safely use GLP-1s, Basina said.
—Julia Ries, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prospective
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prospective
Adjective
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National organizations representing school boards and superintendents, which have not taken a position on the books being used in Maryland, warn about the potential wider impact of a court decision agreeing with the parents.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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The suspect faces potential murder charges and other counts stemming from the attack.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Past performance gives no indication of future results.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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The organization also manages the area’s floodways, including the Central City Flood Control Project, which would create new bypass channels that are an integral part of future Panther Island development.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One major change was the installation of visual and audio warning systems to alert pilots of possible throttle misconfigurations.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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The study is connected to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promise to find a definitive cause of the neurological and developmental disorder as soon as possible, Bhattacharya said at a public health conference in Washington.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Prospective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prospective. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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