as in applicant
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum
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Recent Examples of candidate
But when pollsters read biographies of Democratic candidates, Sage established a slight lead over Ernst.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Johnson, who testified in depth on her office’s budget freeze woes during a May 14th meeting of the Jackson County Legislature, has been vocal about the impact of the legislature’s refusal to treat COMBAT and other programs as candidates for emergency funding.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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So many unexplored secrets still lie at the outskirts of our solar system, where a potential candidate for a new dwarf planet lies.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
If a spinal tap leads to a NPH diagnosis, a patient then becomes a candidate for a surgery called ventricular shunting, which effectively makes the tap permanent.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Johnson, who testified in depth on her office’s budget freeze woes during a May 14th meeting of the Jackson County Legislature, has been vocal about the impact of the legislature’s refusal to treat COMBAT and other programs as candidates for emergency funding.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
So many unexplored secrets still lie at the outskirts of our solar system, where a potential candidate for a new dwarf planet lies.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
If a spinal tap leads to a NPH diagnosis, a patient then becomes a candidate for a surgery called ventricular shunting, which effectively makes the tap permanent.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for candidate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidate
Noun
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Many organizations don’t post open roles on an actual job board, relying on word-of-mouth to send them their best job applicants instead.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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In December, a first-come, first-serve approach to selecting applicants overwhelmed the system, with the online application program closing after 45 minutes.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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PDFs are usually uncontested contenders (much like Microsoft) but SVG files have seemingly come out of nowhere to take up a competitive share of malicious space.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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First, Roglič and stage contender Tom Pidcock crashed and suffered punctures with 50km remaining, leaving the pair out of contention for the win — and facing a desperate battle to even regain contact with the peloton.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Candidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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