as in potential
likely to be or become something at a later time
The school had a luncheon for prospective students.
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Recent Examples of prospective
In addition to on-field drills, players will be able to meet with prospective teams.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Know Your Audience’s Devices Before spending precious budget dollars on in-game advertisements, evaluate the prospective audience that will be playing the game.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Musa had seen a video laying out the protocol for prospective new members to join.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Previously, the Los Angeles Angels and Washington Nationals were taken off the market when prospective buyers weren’t willing to meet the price tags of those teams’ respective owners.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Know Your Audience’s Devices Before spending precious budget dollars on in-game advertisements, evaluate the prospective audience that will be playing the game.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Musa had seen a video laying out the protocol for prospective new members to join.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Previously, the Los Angeles Angels and Washington Nationals were taken off the market when prospective buyers weren’t willing to meet the price tags of those teams’ respective owners.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prospective
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prospective
Adjective
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Investors should brace themselves for more potential volatility.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2025
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What To Know Friday's controversial Oval Office meeting was initially scheduled for Trump and Zelensky to sign a minerals deal and discuss potential paths to end the Russia-Ukraine war.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The maneuver aims to test out how Starship might be recovered after future flights.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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All the characters from the flat screen were alive in 3-D. The loudmouth and future American President Stephen A. Smith was taller than expected, hamming it up with Jayden Daniels, the former Louisiana State University Tiger and N.F.L. Offensive Rookie of the Year—area man made good.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He has been floated as a possible presidential candidate in 2028.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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As much as possible, the most elemental steps are to be surfaced, and then they can each be separately resolved.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Prospective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prospective. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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