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
The early-season Cy Young candidate and All-Star hopeful now has a 1.78 ERA 13 starts into his Yankees career.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
President Donald Trump‘s $20 billion lawsuit over 60 Minutes‘ handling of an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, has gone to a thus-far fruitless mediation process.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 June 2025
The vast majority of legislative candidates use public financing.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
Most of the candidates to replace Newsom have endorsed reforming or repealing environmental laws to build more housing and infrastructure.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
President Donald Trump‘s $20 billion lawsuit over 60 Minutes‘ handling of an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, has gone to a thus-far fruitless mediation process.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 June 2025
The vast majority of legislative candidates use public financing.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
Most of the candidates to replace Newsom have endorsed reforming or repealing environmental laws to build more housing and infrastructure.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidate
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States would also need to verify that applicants meet requirements for one or more consecutive months prior to coverage, while also conducting redeterminations at least twice per year to ensure individuals who are already covered still comply with the requirements.—
Greg Iacurci,Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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The lawsuit accused the company of unfairly rejecting minority applicants based on criminal background checks.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The secondary is something of a question mark for a Rams team that is regarded as a potential Super Bowl contender. June 13, 2025 After finishing 10-7 and advancing to the NFC divisional round last season, the Rams neither signed a cornerback during free agency nor drafted one.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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In order to be considered for sainthood, a contender needs to have two miracles attributed to them.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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“Candidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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