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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
The Empire Rye category was established in 2017–the rules are that the whiskey must be made from at least 75 percent grains grown in New York and distilled in the state, and meets the qualifications of straight rye whiskey (51 percent rye, at least two years old).
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
This is to say that there is essentially no oversight agency sanctioning these schools for their curriculum, the qualifications of their teachers, the adequacy of their facilities, or the outcomes of the students whose fees are paid with our money.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The challenge isn’t a lack of qualifications, but the internal barriers caused by trauma.
—Maayan Aviv, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Reavis, Eisenhower and Rich Township are also looking to take the leap after falling one win short of playoff qualification last year.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
This is to say that there is essentially no oversight agency sanctioning these schools for their curriculum, the qualifications of their teachers, the adequacy of their facilities, or the outcomes of the students whose fees are paid with our money.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The challenge isn’t a lack of qualifications, but the internal barriers caused by trauma.
—Maayan Aviv, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Reavis, Eisenhower and Rich Township are also looking to take the leap after falling one win short of playoff qualification last year.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualification
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My prediction here is that labs will become increasingly sophisticated and autonomous, accelerating R&D and empowering nations with limited resources to build their own biotech capabilities.—
Check Warner MBE,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The initiative’s computing capabilities are used to train Tesla’s neural networks used in its autonomous driving software and humanoid robotics projects.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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But over the years, the courts, Congress, and the first Trump administration eviscerated provisions of the ACA.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Walker had already blocked some provisions of the statute that bar noncitizens and residents of other states from gathering petitions to get a measure on the ballot.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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Now his phone keeps buzzing with dozens of requests from farmers, journalists and others seeking his expertise amid an unprecedented phenomenon: A massive assault by rats on the state’s $4.7 billion almond industry.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Roach has been a Realtor with Willis Allen Real Estate in Point Loma for 20 years, with expertise including trust and probate sales, investment property analysis and sales in other states.—
Point Loma-Ob Monthly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Texas is the 29th state to adopt a financial literacy requirement, according to Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit that offers free curriculum to schools nationwide.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
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Innovating through devising shortcuts and alternatives is often a key requirement of life with a disability, as is an appetite for identifying and becoming early adopters of technologies with the potential to make life that bit easier.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Many of our studies focus on memory for music, demonstrating that people have a remarkable ability to recall melodies, pitch, tempo, and loudness with surprising accuracy, even without formal music training, suggesting that musical memory operates differently from other forms of memory.—
Lindsay A. Fleming,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Over the past 20 years, work by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Department included removing concrete from several local rivers and streams, creating more space in flood plains and creating urban spots with the ability to soak up more water during rainfall.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Southwest is experiencing one of its worst droughts on record, with drier-than-normal conditions since 1994.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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And that’s the kind of craft that existed in that era, where people who were just writing on staff were writing better than stuff that people make now.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Premier League started doing stuff with players being interviewed from home on Zoom, and then started the ePremier League, with all 20 clubs asked to find a player who would like to be involved.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps most intriguing is the prelim card's opening bout between submission guru Chase Hooper and wrestling talent Alexander Hernandez at lightweight.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Hines would have fit the bill–even without elite talent–but this development changes things.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Qualification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualification. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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