Example Sentences

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The Five Eyes bulletin says Chinese agents post fake job adverts online before sifting through applicants' CVs to identify candidates worth exploiting.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Financial-aid needs complicate that calculus: Applying early decision, which is binding, could limit applicants’ ability to compare aid packages.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

This, I believe, is one of the main motivators for college applicants’ overreliance on A.I.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

In late May, the State Department paused the scheduling of visa interviews for foreign students, which resumed three weeks later with new rules for vetting visa applicants’ social media accounts.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

It also encourages housing authorities not only to screen all applicants’ criminal records, but to develop their own exclusion criteria.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander