How to Use prospective in a Sentence

prospective

adjective
  • Low wages can make the job unattractive to prospective aides.
    — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • Any prospective bettor can get in on the action this week with a risk-free first bet of up to $1,100.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Salespeople have to keep prospective sales on the roster to prove the sales goals can be achieved.
    — John Hayes, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Few details of this prospective deal have been released as of yet.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Details about the project (besides its prospective size and cost) are scant.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
  • Airbnb rolled out changes to its site this month that are set to overhaul the way prospective guests search for and arrange stays.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • To get face time with Lee, though, a prospective associate had to be willing to stay out late.
    — Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
  • There’s an actual child in the sketch (Episode 2) who plays a prospective student.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • In the early 1990s, the L.A. riots, the Northridge earthquake and a recession took further wind out of the new hall’s prospective sails.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The app also asks about how dates go and uses that data to put prospective dates on your radar.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Feb. 2022
  • That's the same advice Meinel has for all her customers, current and prospective.
    — Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Word got out, and when a prospective client in the Midwest needed help with her skin, Linehan could not turn her down.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Some law school deans said that the rankings had helped distinguish them in the eyes of prospective students.
    — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The suit says there are so many prospective claimants with the same injuries that it should be certified by the court as a class action.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The house still drew a drew long line of prospective buyers last week, local TV reports said.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 June 2024
  • In addition to on-field drills, players will be able to meet with prospective teams.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • And to purchase one, prospective shoppers must first join a waitlist.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • And tonight the Lions women's team is hosting a meet-and-greet for prospective players.
    — Monica Eng, Axios, 31 July 2024
  • This season, one of the prospective wives happens to be a Cincinnati local.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • Later in the episode, Saul sits in his office with Mike (Jonathan Banks), who gives him intel on his prospective clients.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Rescue dogs are brought to the store to interact with prospective owners.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
  • For now, the class of 2023′s top prospect is playing basketball in front of prospective coaches.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The empty space has not drawn much appetite from prospective tenants.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In today’s game, speed is always the go-to game plan, no matter the prospective opponent.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Musa had seen a video laying out the protocol for prospective new members to join.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
  • His job over these last three days is to talk about the positives and negatives of prospective draft picks from the Cowboys draft room.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • In deal talks, Mr. Sorrell tells prospective targets that S4’s goal is to take down old giants.
    — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Berman said Monday the league is doing its due diligence with regard to prospective owners of both the Thorns and Red Stars.
    — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There have been a lot of whispers and rumours about where this prospective investment could come from but nothing concrete has emerged yet.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • With the onset of the warmer season, one fruiting shrub that is often sought yet rarely achieved successfully in the Kansas City area may once again be finding its way onto the wish list of prospective gardeners.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025

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