How to Use qualified in a Sentence

qualified

adjective
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  • She gave a qualified yes to the question.
  • She is highly qualified for the job.
  • I'm not qualified to give you advice about what you should do.
  • The plan was given qualified approval.
  • Steph then called her dad, who is a qualified builder, to give her a hand.
    — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Google gave the job to a man who was less qualified, her complaint claims.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Nine other men hit the mark and qualified for the final.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Saints qualified for the Open Division for the fourth time.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Offers will be sent to qualified students from states where the schools are based.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, finding a new-to-you qualified doc isn’t the easiest task.
    — Jess Sims, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There's none of them that are not well qualified to be the Golden Bachelorette.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 Nov. 2023
  • If that happens, ByteDance would have 180 days to sell TikTok to a qualified buyer.
    — Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The producers are more than qualified to speak on this subject — both have more than their share of both hits and classics.
    — Paul Thompson, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The majority responded with top marks and a few qualified for the state meet in more than one event.
    — Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • Then, there needs to be centers where it's provided and there needs to be people who are qualified to lead these trips.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That equates to an average of 7.1 yards per carry, the third best among qualified running backs last season and the best among any in the Power Five.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2023
  • While a great many are highly qualified, a great many aren’t, yet the powers that be are lowering standards to let them in.
    — Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Schwarzman asked Grey to give her a list of qualified candidates.
    — Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
  • But most immigrants are not, in fact, qualified to vote.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • The school has had a tough time finding qualified teachers willing to travel to the remote village.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2023
  • By the end of Tuesday’s proceedings, the pool of qualified jurors was whittled down to 50 people.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Wakeland is qualified among the top eight in all three relays, highlighted by the second-best time in the 200 medley.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Of the eight people questioned Wednesday and Thursday, five were qualified and the remaining three were struck for cause.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 21 July 2023
  • The Iron never had a chance to because the AAF folded with two weeks left in the regular season and the team already qualified for the postseason.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 3 July 2023
  • The Lafayette school is believed to be the only team that was unable to register its qualified swimmers.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • Trott said the contractor was qualified to transport the device and it had been confirmed being on board the truck by a Geiger counter prior to leaving the mine.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
  • No one really knows the answers to those questions, and, as a result, some of the most qualified people in the world are fighting among themselves.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Both are from Wisconsin, both qualified for the Olympics as 17-year-olds but did not win any medals and both started winning the next season as 18-year-olds.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Any deduction of $250 or more requires documentation and possibly, acknowledgment from the qualified charity.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Federally qualified health centers get government funding to provide care in medically underserved areas.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024

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