How to Use qualifier in a Sentence

qualifier

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  • She's one of the qualifiers for the tournament.
  • She'll be playing in the tournament this year after winning the qualifier.
  • Abati is the top qualifier in 6A with a 16-4 ¾, which is tied for third-best in the state.
    — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The brothers are two of eight qualifiers for the Cougars, five of whom advanced.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The two are set to compete in the Olympic qualifier on Feb. 14.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The one caveat, the one qualifier, the one yeah, but … Doubt these Aztecs at your own peril.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • This is a win-and-you’re-in qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Turf.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Baptiste is ranked No. 97 and had to win a qualifier just to make the main draw.
    — Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • The pair were rushing to catch a flight to London to play in a British Open qualifier.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022
  • The Mexican squad open the qualifiers on April 3 against host France.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Only the top two at each will move on to the Monday qualifier.
    — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The lone state qualifier from a year ago is Nick Brockson (Fallbrook), the top seed at 126.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • One of two others ahead of the scrambling Padres is the Phillies, a reigning World Series qualifier who sits 5 ½ games to the north.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Malone, who was plagued by falls and mistakes in the qualifiers, had a much stronger showing in the team event today.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Pepi is the second-youngest U.S. man to appear in a World Cup qualifier.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Xiomara Gallego, a state qualifier two years ago, returns to the line-up.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The film has been shortlisted for the 2023 Césars and is an Oscar qualifier.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Six of the seven qualifiers comfortably met the polling and donor metrics to make the stage, based on 538’s analysis.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The Sunday night game between two 9-7 teams, the Chargers and the Raiders, is a pure playoff qualifier; the winning team is in.
    — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Collier, 24, was supposed to play for the U.S. at the women's 3x3 Olympic qualifier last year.
    — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • Persinger and Plys will need to finish in the top two at next month’s last-chance qualifier in the Netherlands to collect their ticket.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The top qualifier was China’s Lijiao Gong with a throw of 19.46.
    — Kayla Harvey, cleveland, 30 July 2021
  • If the demand grows, that eventually will create the need for a girls' qualifier as the boys now have to narrow the field.
    — Joshua Edler Davis, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Thompson had run a 9.80 in the semifinals -- the fastest time of any of the qualifiers for the final -- without even showing max effort.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • In 2020, Romo made it out of the local qualifier but didn’t get past the sectional.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Grand Prairie hosted most of the matches, including the qualifiers for the final.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 29 July 2024
  • With the victory, the 18-year-old became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in tennis’s Open era.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Carmen Luisi and Holliston ran away from the pack in the 2B race at the Division 2 state qualifier.
    — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Senna started on pole as the fastest qualifier for the 65th time in F1, almost twice as many as then-second place Jim Clark.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
  • In the 4x100 medley relay heats, Canada was the top qualifier, followed by the US and Australia.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021

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