How to Use candidate in a Sentence

candidate

noun

• Candidates can apply in person or send a resume.
• The program has several doctoral candidates.
• See the full list of candidates here.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
• This changes once a candidate has won.
  — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
• But right now the candidates need to come to the voters, not the donors.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 May 2026
• With so much at stake, the candidates have come out swinging.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Mar. 2025
• Of the five candidates who got through, only three will stand.
  — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
• And each of the [candidates] makes their fans feel a certain way.
  — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
• Newsweek reached out to the candidates in the race for comment via email.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
• That’s not a knock on the other top candidates.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 May 2026
• So why doesn’t someone force some candidates to drop out?
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
• These candidates’ failure to make waves isn’t all their fault.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• So where do the candidates stand on housing?
  — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
• That opens up space for outsider candidates who wouldn’t have had a chance a few years ago.
  — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
• There are six candidates running for three seats.
  — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025
• Fangupo is a candidate for the role.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
• Flores could be a head coach candidate.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
• This week's poll has 8 candidates.
  — Darla Rivera, Oklahoman, 9 Feb. 2026
• The race seems ripe for another candidate or two to jump in.
  — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
• The other slot will go to one of eight other candidates.
  — John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
• But the problem may be the candidate — the product that the team has to sell.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
• No candidate has come close to Donalds in polls since then.
  — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
• Voters can choose up to three of the candidates on their ballot.
  — Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2026
• Then, in a public meeting, the board will take a roll call on each candidate.
  — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022
• In Texas, all candidates for statewide office are on their own.
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026
• And who decided on those three candidates in the first place?
  — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
• Seven candidates have thrown their hats into the ring so far.
  — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026
• On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
  — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
• So who might the choice candidates be in 2025?
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
• Lack of support can make or break a candidate’s chances of winning.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026