qualifies

present tense third-person singular of qualify
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as in modifies
to limit the meaning of (as a noun) qualifying the noun "adventure" in the title of your story with a descriptive adjective would make it more attention-grabbing

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as in prepares
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function raising five children has qualified her to be an advice columnist on parenting

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Recent Examples of qualifies Not every Xfinity or Comcast customer qualifies for a payment from the settlement. Brian Sloan,dan Avery, CNBC, 6 July 2026 Denver’s Jamal Murray, Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins and Portland’s Shaedon Sharpe are among the players who did not commit and, accordingly, will not be available to play in the World Cup or the 2028 Olympics, assuming Canada qualifies for both. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Rosewood Schloss Fuschl not only qualifies as a hotel, but rather an entire resort. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Work-permit levels for TPS were set in 1990 and the complex method for determining whether someone qualifies for asylum was codified in 1996. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026 At issue in the lawsuit is who qualifies under that exemption. Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 As with the above deal, a laptop purchase still qualifies you for the 50% off monitor offer. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026 The legal boundaries of who qualifies as a Parsi are relatively recent for a sect that’s millennia old. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 Deutch, so great as Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s valentine to Godard, Nouvelle Vague, runs the gamut of emotions in this one, a performance that works on every level and a knockout that qualifies her a spot in the rom-com hall of fame alongside Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Ryan. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 June 2026
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Verb
  • For example, Texas angler Dustin Grice modifies his spinnerbaits by adding chartreuse and white willow-leaf blades with a matching chartreuse/white skirt.
    David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
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  • As the country prepares to mark its semiquincentennial, or 250th birthday, the splashiest celebrations in Washington are being shaped by corporate money.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Guilherme Passos monitors and prepares Brazil’s national team for extreme heat as a sport scientist at the Brazilian Football Federation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
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  • The lesson of Taylor is not that holding a powerful office entitles someone to go unchallenged.
    Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
  • At the time, according to the New York Times, Sotheby’s was selling the work without a guarantee, an agreement that entitles the seller to a sum whether or not the work finds a buyer.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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  • Connecting their Kit accounts with AI tools enables creators to engage with and access their audience data.
    Emma Cortes Ellendt, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • This enables faster evaluation of new battery materials and cell designs without relying solely on prolonged physical testing.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
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  • The strongest organizations are building systems where AI improves workflows and equips agents with better information in real time, while humans remain responsible for judgment, communication and trust.
    Jose Herrera, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • AerAware departs from traditional head-up displays and instead equips both pilots with a dual wearable system that delivers the same information to each cockpit seat.
    Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
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  • The legislation, which Gribbin advocated for, authorizes the warnings by classifying a shark attack as an event for which an emergency alert can be issued.
    Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • That gambit, however, could doom the defense bill, which authorizes key national security programs.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • That stable early demand empowers companies to raise capital, build technologies, and develop capabilities that would be far too risky or expensive to pursue on speculation.
    Chris Carberry, Space.com, 7 July 2026
  • This strategy empowers independent owner-operators to expand services, ensuring timely, comprehensive care for children.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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