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as in recommendation
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Recent Examples of nomination
With Oscar nomination voting beginning Monday, the PGA Awards once again loom as a critical bellwether in an increasingly crowded and unpredictable awards season.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The part earned her a Golden Globe nomination and the show was one of the more popular of the Marvel series.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and the songs amassed almost 300 million global streams.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Isaacman sailed through the hearing and the Senators voted to approve him and send the nomination on to the full Senate.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The part earned her a Golden Globe nomination and the show was one of the more popular of the Marvel series.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and the songs amassed almost 300 million global streams.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Isaacman sailed through the hearing and the Senators voted to approve him and send the nomination on to the full Senate.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomination
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Mahan burst onto the local political scene in 2020 with his election to the City Council, only to become mayor three years later.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Blaylock remains on the city council for the time being, but a special election is expected to pick a successor, who will finish out the remainder of his term.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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The district’s board of trustees unanimously approved the recommendation.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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A number of nutrition and public health experts were shocked by the new guidelines omitting clear recommendations for alcohol.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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If those guys price out of the Panthers’ range, Carolina will head to the draft, where Morgan and company haven’t used a selection on the offensive line in their two years together.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The app lists 3,870 bars and 3,428 wine shops, in 2,313 cities in 35 countries where at least 30% of the wine selections meet the criteria for Vin Méthode Nature, a formal voluntary charter under the French Ministry of Agriculture.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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By modeling this signal across each galaxy, the team measured how fast the gas was moving and how chaotic its motion was.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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So a common approach is to use a computer to simulate the fluid’s motion and get an approximate sense of the conditions that seem to produce a blowup.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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He's rubbed elbows with corporate executives who are interested in Pennsylvania as a data center destination and thrust Pennsylvania into competition for billions of dollars being spent on manufacturing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Washington was Young’s preferred destination, and the two sides were working on a deal to get the 27-year-old point guard to the nation’s capital.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This burger beat out 600,000 fan submissions to get a spot on national menus, according to a press release.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The number of nominees will be proportional to the number of submissions in each genre with at least one nomination for each genre.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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Slice, dice, chop, grate and cook the foods of your choosing.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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That is a goal that most Venezuelans share, but it will be achieved at a cost that could be painful, and that might not be felt at a time of America’s choosing.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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From initial hype to tangible industrial momentum, the 2025 China Apparel Industry AI Technology Application Summit emerged as a key battleground where fashion companies demonstrated their technological advancements.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Several new advancement opportunities for students Seventh and eighth grade students now have the opportunity to earn high school credits.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Nomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomination. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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