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as in capability
a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job
the fashion firm was looking for an applicant who could list superior sewing skills among his or her qualifications
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as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
will give us his permission to go to the conference with the qualification that we make up the time later
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Recent Examples of qualification
To get to the World Cup, Norway scored 37 goals in qualification – the most of any team in Europe – and cruised to a perfect 8-0-0 record, which included beating Italy twice.
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Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026
The Davis-Ortiz race in Yolo County largely focused on the candidates’ qualifications rather than ideological differences, despite remaining one of the closest judicial contests in the region.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Paraguay– remember– is one of the better defensive teams in the world and had beaten Argentina and Brazil in the qualification.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Green Mark is Singapore’s local standard, which Daly describes as a design-and-efficiency qualification—essentially a measure of how the building was conceived and built.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 15 June 2026
The Davis-Ortiz race in Yolo County largely focused on the candidates’ qualifications rather than ideological differences, despite remaining one of the closest judicial contests in the region.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Paraguay– remember– is one of the better defensive teams in the world and had beaten Argentina and Brazil in the qualification.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Green Mark is Singapore’s local standard, which Daly describes as a design-and-efficiency qualification—essentially a measure of how the building was conceived and built.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualification
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This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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By pairing decades of experience with advanced technologies and open architecture systems, Lockheed Martin is helping create defense capabilities that can adapt, improve, and deploy with speed.—
Paid Content by Lockheed Martin,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Then, in August, the date was moved up to the end of 2032 because of tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed almost a year ago.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The provision is the latest question about DeSantis’ property tax plan, which would gradually raise the state’s homestead exemption from $50,000 to $250,000 in 2028.—
Lawrence Mower Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, our multidisciplinary team blended our expertise in causal inference, sustainability and cybersecurity, to work on the tangled question of what people do with their consumer electronics when they’re done using them.—
Eric Williams,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Blending live action and animation, the digital shorts pair Pratt’s curiosity and humor with Goodwin’s historical expertise and fact-checking to highlight America’s founding ideals.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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Now, the one-year grace period for the act’s mandatory registration requirements has ended, meaning agencies must be registered as model management companies or groups with the New York Department of Labor (NYDL) to better enable models to discern legitimate representation.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
19 June 2026
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The White House promoted the work requirements along with a reduction in immigrant participants.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Smith helped catalyze the 49ers’ historic turnaround during his rookie season in 2011 thanks to his ability to disrupt quarterbacks.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Anthropic has said Mythos represents a danger to the public because of its ability to find bugs in computer code, which could be exploited by malicious actors.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
13 June 2026
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Only one had injuries considered to be life-threatening; Graves did not have an update on that person’s condition during the news conference.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Swells generated by Arthur are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the northwestern Gulf Coast for the next day or two.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Chases and weird extraterrestrial stuff abounds, leading to one of Spielberg's most gripping climaxes ever.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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This year is yet another for the World Cup; Yu Masui and Takeji Hirakawa are still strutting their stuff, and Phil Oh, along with Acielle Tanbetova, will be documenting all the off-the-runway action.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
13 June 2026
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Kamada said the talent and experience of his teammates helped Japan avoid being discouraged after falling behind for a second time.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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The talent was clearly there, but there was always a stumbling block.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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“Qualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualification. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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