as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
have numerous applicants for the job
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Recent Examples of applicants
The county’s One-Stop Permit Center provides convenient coordination, but applicants face delays waiting for complete design plans and navigating convoluted information.
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Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
With no ability to trust that college students have basic skills, a majority of employers now use their own standardized exams to prescreen applicants.
—David Blobaum, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The drive was also promoted on state television and through an online portal, which claimed to have received over 5 million applicants.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2026
That same year, the State Department tightened visa rules to allow officials to deny entry to applicants suspected of seeking to give birth in the United States.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Of the fifty or so applicants, Freitas recalls at least two getting rejected.
—Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
By a margin of 5 votes to 4, LeVota beat out more than a dozen applicants and eight other interviewees for interim county executive, including former County Legislator Dan Tarwater III and current legislative candidate Justice Horn.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
In some cases, older applicants can receive a waiver to join the military.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
She was selected to play Maria from over 30,000 applicants and won a Golden Globe for her performance in the beloved musical.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
With no ability to trust that college students have basic skills, a majority of employers now use their own standardized exams to prescreen applicants.
—David Blobaum, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The drive was also promoted on state television and through an online portal, which claimed to have received over 5 million applicants.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2026
That same year, the State Department tightened visa rules to allow officials to deny entry to applicants suspected of seeking to give birth in the United States.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Of the fifty or so applicants, Freitas recalls at least two getting rejected.
—Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
By a margin of 5 votes to 4, LeVota beat out more than a dozen applicants and eight other interviewees for interim county executive, including former County Legislator Dan Tarwater III and current legislative candidate Justice Horn.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
In some cases, older applicants can receive a waiver to join the military.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
She was selected to play Maria from over 30,000 applicants and won a Golden Globe for her performance in the beloved musical.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applicants
candidates
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Sacramento's League of Women Voters, which does not endorse candidates, says the voting method is a nonpartisan way to improve elections.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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While Protect Wyoming is necessarily focused within the state and on state politics, rather than federal candidates, its work stands to influence nonresidents who hunt, fish, and recreate in the state.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Applicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicants. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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