eligible
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Under the board’s unusual charter, they all were eligible to vote merely because of their interest in homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Surging demand and dwindling supply have fuelled an illicit market for eligible recruits.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Maine’s energy assistance program is designed to give each eligible household a “meaningful” dollar benefit amount, said Thistle.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Denmark has made women eligible for conscription and extended conscripts’ service to 11 months from four.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
They would become debutantes, where they would come out to society their senior year in high school as eligible to date and eventually marry.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing eligible
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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