Thesaurus results for NOMINEES

nominees

noun

plural of nominee

as in candidates

one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty as the club's vice presidential nominee, she was expected to support the president's position

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Recent Examples of nominees No one has won anything yet, no speeches have been delivered, and for a few hours the nominees simply get to celebrate being in the room together. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 May 2026 During her speech on Sunday, May 17, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Langley, 27, tearfully shared her gratitude for her family, faith, and fellow nominees. —

Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026 Here’s everything country fans should know about watching the 2026 ACM Awards, including the start time, streaming options, the presenters, performers, nominees and more. —

Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Who were the political nominees? —

Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang announced the nominees across two podcast eps, because this thing is chock full of categories. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2026 Chosen for impact to humanity … The Falcon 9 team was chosen from a long list of impressive nominees. —

Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 The Cannes Film Festival has introduced the world to future best-picture nominees including Parasite and Pulp Fiction, but just as often platformed movies that will ultimately be too edgy for Oscar. —

Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026 Ten of the nominees receive an AJC Nurse Excellence Award, and one is presented with an AJC Nurse Leader Award, presented by Kaiser Permanente. —

Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominees

Noun

The two candidates who advance to the general election would be wise to offer Californians a hope for the future that doesn’t call back to our yesterdays.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Becerra went from polling in the single digits before the fallout in early April to being among the top gubernatorial candidates.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026