prospective
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According to a 2024 study by the University of Stirling, universities with successful local football teams are more attractive to prospective students.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The prospective purchaser said eBay spent $2.4 billion on sales and marketing in the 2025 fiscal year while only adding one million net active buyers.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
“Mr. Epstein was not my friend; he was a prospective donor,” Botstein wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
The project also fell out of escrow with the prospective buyer, who was unresponsive to repeated extension requests from Ofland, the letter said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
At Ernest Burkhart’s trial, the first panel of prospective jurors had been dismissed after evidence surfaced that Hale had attempted to bribe them.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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