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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 candidates
The law, set to go into effect next year, also gives election officials and candidates the power to sue in response to misleading election deepfakes.
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
While California law does not mandate automatic recounts, both candidates have been seeking donations to fund one if that does happen.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
The database was used to rally gun owners’ electoral support for the industry’s candidates running for the White House and Congress.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
After Mahan vacated the District 10 seat two years ago, the City Council appointed Batra over a slew of candidates that included Casey.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Hahn held an early lead beginning on Election Day but the gap between her and Ishii had been narrowing with just under 400 votes separating the candidates after an update Monday.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Both candidates campaigned on similar platforms of expanding Berkeley’s housing stock, improving city infrastructure and addressing public safety.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The filing highlights the company's dependence on third-party manufacturers and suppliers for the production of its product candidates, which poses risks to its supply chain.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Omega Therapeutics continues to focus on advancing its product candidates, including OTX-2002, which has received FDA clearance for clinical trials.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
While California law does not mandate automatic recounts, both candidates have been seeking donations to fund one if that does happen.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
The database was used to rally gun owners’ electoral support for the industry’s candidates running for the White House and Congress.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
After Mahan vacated the District 10 seat two years ago, the City Council appointed Batra over a slew of candidates that included Casey.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Hahn held an early lead beginning on Election Day but the gap between her and Ishii had been narrowing with just under 400 votes separating the candidates after an update Monday.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Both candidates campaigned on similar platforms of expanding Berkeley’s housing stock, improving city infrastructure and addressing public safety.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The filing highlights the company's dependence on third-party manufacturers and suppliers for the production of its product candidates, which poses risks to its supply chain.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Omega Therapeutics continues to focus on advancing its product candidates, including OTX-2002, which has received FDA clearance for clinical trials.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidates
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Repayment will take up to five years, which the city will re-invest in more loans to future applicants.Jason Clayworth, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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Demonstrate Your Competency And Authenticity Building a personal narrative and showing strong career progression through the years isn't an extremely important factor to differentiate yourself from the rest of the applicants.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Speaking of genres that the Academy has been undervaluing in top categories, there’s Latin music… and if last year wasn’t a chance for those sounds to get into the big four, this one won’t likely be either, with a less obvious crop of contenders than got ignored last time around.Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Taurean Prince is the kind of player that championship contenders crave—low-maintenance, effective, and capable of filling gaps without demanding the ball.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Neither of the two Senate hopefuls filled out a questionnaire.Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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For one week every September, film fans gather at the Alamo Drafthouse theater on South Lamar in Austin, Texas to devour the latest in gonzo genre films along with a tidy helping of Oscar awards hopefuls.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Candidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidates. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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