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 The nominees for the 78th Emmy Awards will be announced this morning. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Primary season is more than halfway over, after 31 states and the District of Columbia picked their nominees. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 Fangoria has announced its Chainsaw Awards nominees for 2026, which lets fans vote on the best horror works across film, television and gaming of the last year. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 2 July 2026 So while traditional comedy specials appear on the ballot with much more frequency, there is a good chance the ratio of nominees that are comedy specials versus a different type of variety special could be more equitable. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 July 2026 The financial disclosure is one of several documents that nominees for diplomatic posts are required to submit to the federal government to identify potential financial interests before taking office. — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 The nominees will also be up against former Congressman Greg Lopez, who left the Republican Party in January to run for governor as an unaffiliated candidate. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Backrooms stars Oscar nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve as well as Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2026 The next year, Brown received her first Emmy nod at age 13 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Stranger Things, making her one of the youngest nominees in Emmys history. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

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There were 4,183 ballots cast in the Kings/Ducks voting, and four candidates received at least 75% of the vote.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
His youngest daughter is now among the six candidates in the special election that will decide who finishes his term.

— Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

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This rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200 grants political appointees unprecedented control over federal grantmaking, sidelining peer review.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
There seemed to be a push-pull between career ICE staff and political appointees, the DHS official told the news organizations.

— Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026

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