Thesaurus results for QUALIFICATIONS

qualifications

noun

plural of qualification

as in capabilities

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 provisions

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 qualifications The four astronauts comprising the Artemis 3 crew announced this week are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they were selected based on qualifications and not to exclude any genders. —

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 June 2026 Check your credit card debt forgiveness qualifications here. —

Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 June 2026 The reporting team, led by editor Lois Norder, then researched the qualifications of the nearly 300 practitioners identified at the clinics, storefronts and mobile services. —

Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026 An independent member of Concacaf since 2011, experienced head coach Dick Advocaat joined Curacao in 2024 and led the Blue Family to unprecedented results over Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica to earn qualifications before leaving the team in February for family reasons. —

Dennis Pope, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 The order from Phelan, who abruptly departed his post in April, said the board should consider an officer’s performance, competence and character, among other traits, as part of those qualifications. —

Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 The order from Phelan, who later abruptly departed his post in April, said the board should consider an officer's performance, competence and character, among other traits, as part of those qualifications. —

ABC News, 6 June 2026 Pulte, 38, has generated bipartisan pushback, with senators questioning his qualifications to serve as director of national intelligence. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Crawford withheld judgment on Pulte’s qualifications as the real estate mogul and social media personality faces criticism from lawmakers over his lack of national security experience. —

Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026

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Noun

Ramp plans to invest the capital in AI to expand its capabilities and product offerings.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
And some of the capabilities that these models have to access systems, not only federal government systems, but financial systems, is very concerning to us.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 June 2026