candidacy
noun
can·di·da·cy
ˈkan-də-də-sē 
ˈka-nə-
plural candidacies
: the state of being a candidate
he is expected to announce his candidacy
Examples of candidacy in a Sentence
He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal damaged his reputation.
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Aside from Duterte’s candidacy, the spotlight is on the race for the Senate that could determine the political future of his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
One point of scrutiny surrounding Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP candidacy this season was his tendency to live at the foul line while amassing an efficient 33 points per game.
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The groundwork for that relationship was laid when his union met with Trump during his 2024 presidential candidacy and broke with a decades-long precedent of endorsing Democratic presidential candidates by declining to endorse at all that year.
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In the film, Ralph Fiennes’s Cardinal Lawrence finds a letter from the late pope asking John Lithgow’s Cardinal Tremblay to resign over corruption, ending Tremblay’s papal candidacy.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
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Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
One point of scrutiny surrounding Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP candidacy this season was his tendency to live at the foul line while amassing an efficient 33 points per game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
The groundwork for that relationship was laid when his union met with Trump during his 2024 presidential candidacy and broke with a decades-long precedent of endorsing Democratic presidential candidates by declining to endorse at all that year.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
In the film, Ralph Fiennes’s Cardinal Lawrence finds a letter from the late pope asking John Lithgow’s Cardinal Tremblay to resign over corruption, ending Tremblay’s papal candidacy.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Candidacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candidacy. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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candidacy
noun
can·di·da·cy
ˈkan-dəd-ə-sē
ˈkan-əd-
plural candidacies
: the state of being a candidate
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