How to Use prospect in a Sentence

prospect

1 of 2 noun
  • She is excited by the prospect of returning to school.
  • There was no prospect that the two parties would reach an agreement anytime soon.
  • We haven't decided which car to buy yet. We're still looking at a few prospects.
  • Bankruptcy is an unlikely prospect for the company.
  • What are the long-term prospects?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • That prospect is still far down the line.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
  • But there is room for more prospects and picks.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Most of the talk is about prospects who aren’t here yet.
    — Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • The prospects for clear skies are not good for this eclipse.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There is some prospect of a shift on the horizon.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The bill’s prospects of passing as is are murky.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • No minor league prospect is a sure thing in the show.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • These prospects are dwindling, though.
    — Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Aguilar is one of the rare prospects who didn't want to be on any draft list.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Last June, the Nets didn’t just draft prospects.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There was no prospect of getting any more oil out of the old well.
    — WIRED, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And the prospect of war with Iran is real.
    — Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Illinois had been shunned time and time again by the home state's elite prospects.
    — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The prospect of losing is not the only risk.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026
  • Many people wanted a piece of the hot prospect.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • It is considered a strong group of prospects at the top.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • So will many of the prospects Cueto worked with along the way.
    — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 22 June 2019
  • Kantserov is the clear winner for prospect of the season so far.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Beck once was viewed as a potential first-round prospect.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On the field, Prysock learned his time from a fellow-prospect.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The all-star game is filled with impressive draft prospects.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Why does this time feel different in terms of the prospects for a deal?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The prospects could not be properly gained.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • Democrats are salivating at the prospect of a gloves-off runoff race.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 18 May 2026
  • The prospect felt, in that moment, less of a fever dream than ever.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022

prospect

2 of 2 verb
  • At least one reason, Meacham said, was to prospect and mine red ocher.
    — Fox News, 7 July 2020
  • Indiana prospects with the most to gain 5.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Alabama prospects with the most to gain 5.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Roche agreed to take me prospecting below the Bossons glacier.
    — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2019
  • If the project moved ahead, then his company would conduct the site’s prospecting work.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Really, that’s not even limited to prospect events.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And now, seven years later, the scars of those prospecting efforts remain.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Dyer caught gold fever in 1881 and moved to Prescott to prospect, a job that didn’t pan out.
    — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Their initial plan was to push harder on prospecting and discounting.
    — Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Brokers in that office would prospect and secure deals in states where they were not licensed, Miller said.
    — Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Such moments suggest the potential that has the Sox and prospect watchers agog.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Three Detroit Tigers players were named to prospect lists this offseason.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Canucks lack a true, projectable NHL pivot prospect to build around long-term.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • You are also not allowed to prospect within 2,500 feet of a military base.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Over a year ago, our sales team identified prospecting as the biggest bottleneck in its daily workflows.
    — Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Blackhawks prospect Adam Gajan also played some for Slovakia.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Shale drillers in the Permian Basin are producing vast amounts of gas as a byproduct of prospecting for oil.
    — Rebecca Elliott, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018
  • Many of the most successful members of the Klondike gold rush sold goods and services to prospectors rather than prospecting themselves.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
  • On YouTube, prospecting influencers post videos of themselves fending off bears and spelunking down old mines.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Welcome to a post-holiday edition of the Detroit Tigers prospects mailbag.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
  • Kansas City Royals prospect Carter Jensen is returning home.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Chicago Cubs prospect Brailyn Márquez’s journey to get back to the big leagues has hit another hurdle.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
  • The goal is to advance prospecting for, extracting, and returning to Earth He-3.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That means prospecting for lunar helium-3 starts by simply making mineralogical maps of the moon’s surface.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
  • In 2027, the company plans a prospecting mission to one of their target spots to analyze dirt samples.
    — Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Buffalo acquired Zellweger for a second-round pick and prospect Anton Wahlberg in a trade with the Ducks on draft day.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Corey, why do those two belong in the same tier as more consensus power winger prospects Ethan Belchetz and Oscar Hemming?
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Liam Kirk is in the Valley for the third Arizona Coyotes prospect development camp of his career.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Every Monday throughout the season, Flyers prospects around the globe can expect a ping with a message from Armstrong.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The hustling spirit of the gold rush lives on today in the prospecting influencers who toil in the content mines of the Internet, hoping to hit the viral mother lode.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

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