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How can you use “qualifies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If an individual donor gives the legal limit of $1,000, only $250 qualifies for one-to-one matching funds.
Clinton has denied ever having met the woman, but perhaps the Star can get Miss Manners to rule on whether purchasing sex from someone qualifies as a formal introduction.
My remuneration is so trivial that what I am doing qualifies as play.
I ask because I'm not sure who qualifies anymore, or what constitutes ordinary.
Clear enough, aside from these questions: What qualifies as wasting time, and what should you do if you can't sleep?