eligible
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Participants had to be eligible for shingles vaccination and could not have previously been diagnosed with dementia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
But "recordings that use generative AI in a supporting role remain eligible," it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Over the past several years, Russia has compiled a database of all men of military age eligible to serve, and has started alerting those who have to appear at the recruitment office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"There is a lot of funding that goes unclaimed because students don't know that they're eligible for it," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He was not eligible for officer training, which was as well, for sooner or later he would have met someone in an officers' mess who knew about his past.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Vocabulary lists containing eligible
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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