How to Use qualitative in a Sentence

qualitative

adjective
  • There does seem to be a qualitative difference in the strikes as well.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Sometimes states jump to the left or right due to local, more qualitative factors that are missed in polls.
    — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The qualitative side deals with using your judgment rather than hard and fast numbers.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But there’s a qualitative judgment that’s worth parsing here, too.
    — Scott Meslow, GQ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Maps like these are good for highlighting qualitative change.
    — John Nelson, National Geographic, 29 Apr. 2017
  • That's not a qualitative commentary on either show, mind you.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020
  • There has never been as much great TV on the air as there is now, in terms of sheer qualitative volume.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 19 Apr. 2018
  • More recent studies found qualitative changes in dream emotions and concerns about health.
    — Tore Nielsen, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2020
  • For the most part, many of these measures of effectiveness are qualitative.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Both arrive at the same qualitative answer.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Beyond the structure of contracts there are other qualitative aspects to look out for.
    — Mikael Johnsson, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In our tests, consumers gave them top scores across all categories and raved about them when offered the chance to give qualitative feedback.
    — Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Data are just a bunch of qualitative conclusions arranged in a countable way.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The qualitative difference in the fuel is even more startling.
    — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Is there any distinguishable qualitative line between what comes out raw and what needs to be refashioned?
    — ELLE, 15 Mar. 2022
  • But the qualitative results of the test proved more interesting.
    — Mari-Jane Williams, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Over the next years, the ambition is to develop accessories, but in a very qualitative way.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • In contrast, qualitative studies are more open-ended.
    — Ankolika De, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
  • To the contrary, these statements are qualitative and nearly prophetic.
    — Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • But with regard to chefs and restaurants, there are no longer qualitative distinctions between a high-end restaurant and a take-out food truck.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Thus this qualitative relationship to the god Shiva can be made.
    — Harish Pullanoor, Quartz India, 18 Dec. 2019
  • This has led to greater focus by Malhi on qualitative assessment.
    — Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There are some shows out there that might be better on some qualitative level than those listed below, but there are few as fascinating.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 26 Dec. 2018
  • That is a major portion on the qualitative and quantitative side.
    — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Good qualitative researchers do not try to eliminate their biases but instead try to account for them.
    — Ankolika De, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
  • This isn’t merely a qualitative statement.
    — Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the latter, Kairos, is a more qualitative understanding of time.
    — Vulture, 16 July 2021
  • Patients want to tell stories, share anecdotes, and talk about the qualitative factors that affect their quality of life.
    — Murray Aitken, STAT, 30 Oct. 2020
  • As with so many facets of modern life, the qualitative elements of poker have taken a back seat to the quantitative.
    — Maria Konnikova, The Atlantic, 23 June 2020
  • Any qualitative list says more about the listmakers than the work therein, and this would be especially true for Leigh.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024

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