as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
have numerous applicants for the job
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Recent Examples of applicants
Speculation about Tavares’ status with the city began after a LinkedIn job posting seeking applicants for the city’s election commissioner surfaced this week.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Additionally, in the past year, board members have spent countless hours searching for a permanent CPS superintendent only to watch the process melt down as applicants withdrew their names and CTU and the mayor meddled.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Texas school voucher application data by income According to data from the Comptroller's Office, 79% of the applicants for TEFA are already in private school.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Jane Carroll, who makes and sells frozen meals in New York’s Hudson Valley region, started seeing fewer applicants after a wave of immigration enforcement actions in the area last summer.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
For French citizenship, applicants need one of their parents to be French.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
From there, the military and civil service adopted similar tools to rank large pools of applicants.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s no cost for the process, and applicants usually find out their fate within six months, though that time can vary.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
The position would have to be open for 45 days with no qualified applicants.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Additionally, in the past year, board members have spent countless hours searching for a permanent CPS superintendent only to watch the process melt down as applicants withdrew their names and CTU and the mayor meddled.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Texas school voucher application data by income According to data from the Comptroller's Office, 79% of the applicants for TEFA are already in private school.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Jane Carroll, who makes and sells frozen meals in New York’s Hudson Valley region, started seeing fewer applicants after a wave of immigration enforcement actions in the area last summer.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
For French citizenship, applicants need one of their parents to be French.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
From there, the military and civil service adopted similar tools to rank large pools of applicants.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s no cost for the process, and applicants usually find out their fate within six months, though that time can vary.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
The position would have to be open for 45 days with no qualified applicants.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applicants
candidates
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The 2020 Democratic presidential primary, the party's last open nominating contest, featured a rush to the left as candidates raced to embrace far-reaching ideas including Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal and aggressive taxes on billionaires.—
JEFF STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Aside from the opinion polls, other indicators on who may emerge from the pack a candidates are slowly emerging.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Applicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicants. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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