as in applicants
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum
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Recent Examples of candidates
There were 13,350 ballots cast in the USC voting, and two candidates received at least 75% of the vote.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Rather than replacing traditional physics calculations, the machine learning system acts as a filter, allowing researchers to focus computational resources on the most promising candidates.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The wave of progressive candidates challenging mainstream Democrats may drown Sens.
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Terry Collins,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Interacting with this avatar, candidates can practice case studies without feeling judged.
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Benjamin Wolff,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Several candidates have emphasized their years of courtroom experience, while a CBS Colorado story showed that some of Griswold's court experience may be inflated.
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Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Interviews for the statewide candidates are done now via questions from the entire convention, a potentially messier proposition.
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Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Rather than replacing traditional physics calculations, the machine learning system acts as a filter, allowing researchers to focus computational resources on the most promising candidates.
—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The wave of progressive candidates challenging mainstream Democrats may drown Sens.
—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Interacting with this avatar, candidates can practice case studies without feeling judged.
—
Benjamin Wolff,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Several candidates have emphasized their years of courtroom experience, while a CBS Colorado story showed that some of Griswold's court experience may be inflated.
—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Interviews for the statewide candidates are done now via questions from the entire convention, a potentially messier proposition.
—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidates
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North Natomas Jibe also provides a $600 vanpool subsidy per vehicle for eligible applicants.
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Candidates arrive with context about the role and the culture that cold applicants rarely have.
Noun
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Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
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Elsewhere, general classification contenders Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) all produced good performances to stay within 40 seconds of the leading pair.
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Politics has also centered on this road where presidents and presidential hopefuls have made key campaign stops and policy rollouts.
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Hawks hopefuls like Sacha Boisvert, John Mustard, Mason West and others will be active this week for the development camp.
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“Candidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidates. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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