as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
a debate between the two aspirants for the highest office
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Kabila’s political coalition is not monolithic, and aspirants may seek to clear their own path to the presidency, promising to protect him and his family.
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Stuart A. Reid, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
The two upstate MCs who first connected as aspirants, and are now collaborating on Stabbed & Shot II, released last week.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Any cursory search on Google, TikTok, or elsewhere yields a surfeit of advice and instructional videos guiding aspirants to start operations of their own.
—Charlie Kaplan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Daines, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, helped to clear the Senate-primary field of other G.O.P. aspirants, including Matt Rosendale, the Montana congressman who’d lost to Tester in 2018.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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Stuart A. Reid, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
The two upstate MCs who first connected as aspirants, and are now collaborating on Stabbed & Shot II, released last week.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Any cursory search on Google, TikTok, or elsewhere yields a surfeit of advice and instructional videos guiding aspirants to start operations of their own.
—Charlie Kaplan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
Daines, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, helped to clear the Senate-primary field of other G.O.P. aspirants, including Matt Rosendale, the Montana congressman who’d lost to Tester in 2018.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Aspirant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspirant. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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