candidacy

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Recent Examples of candidacy Tim Gabbard, 70, faced allegations of inappropriate conduct with female students after announcing his candidacy. Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025 Carollo’s candidacy already faces a challenge. Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025 Many establishment Democrats hesitated or declined to endorse their party's choice for mayor, and moderate-to-conservative power brokers united behind Cuomo's third-party candidacy. Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025 Mahmood emphasized that Mamdani’s identity does not define his candidacy. Emily Chang, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for candidacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidacy
Noun
  • That resulted in a 140-day suspension and 21 months of probation, along with community service.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Miller’s attorney, Sharon Beth Marshall, argued for probation in the case.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The food hub's work now focuses more on education.
    Cristina LaRue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Milwaukee has a huge reading crisis, involving the large majority of students in all schools and all sectors of schooling in the city.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The South Florida community, the NBA community, the schooling community have been amazing.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Candidacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidacy. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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