Examples of applicant in a Sentence
We interviewed 30 qualified applicants for the job.
have numerous applicants for the job
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The graduates who do best are the ones who treat themselves as members of the community first and job applicants second.
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Marko Stokić, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Roughly 500 universities consider legacy status when evaluating applicants, including more than half of the nation’s 100 most selective U.S. schools, according to 2023 disclosures to the federal government.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Regular decision gives students the greatest flexibility but might give them a worse chance of getting in, since they will be compared with a larger applicant pool and early applicants may have already filled many spots, according to IvyWise, an educational consulting firm.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
In addition to dropping the Spanish-language training, DHS announced in August that ICE would lower the minimum applicant age from 21 to 18 and remove the previous maximum age limit, which barred applicants over the age of 37 or 40.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Marko Stokić, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Roughly 500 universities consider legacy status when evaluating applicants, including more than half of the nation’s 100 most selective U.S. schools, according to 2023 disclosures to the federal government.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Regular decision gives students the greatest flexibility but might give them a worse chance of getting in, since they will be compared with a larger applicant pool and early applicants may have already filled many spots, according to IvyWise, an educational consulting firm.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
In addition to dropping the Spanish-language training, DHS announced in August that ICE would lower the minimum applicant age from 21 to 18 and remove the previous maximum age limit, which barred applicants over the age of 37 or 40.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Applicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/applicant. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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applicant
noun
ap·pli·cant
ˈap-li-kənt 
: one who applies for something
an applicant for work
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