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one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
as the club's vice presidential nominee, she was expected to support the president's position
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Recent Examples of nominees
From that pool of nominees, the committee can select a maximum of four male players, two female players, two builders, or one builder and one referee or linesman.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Once again, the drama categories come close to jumping over the next threshold, but instead all four categories will have seven nominees.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
Five documentary films are competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the Documentary category at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, with the creative teams behind all five nominees gathering for a press meeting.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2026
Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) have been tapped to announce this year’s Emmy nominees.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
The president’s decision to keep one of his own nominees from showing up at a confirmation hearing is his latest clash with his party.
—Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
The voice cast includes Oscar winners Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges as well as nominees Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, as well as Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan and Phil LaMarr (Futurama, King of the Hill).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 June 2026
Paul said the committee would only vote on the nominees when their financial and background checks were complete.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
For instance, the nominees for this year’s Album of the Year prize included actually relevant records released within the past year such as Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun, Rosalía’s Lux, Slayyyter’s Wor$t Girl in America, but also Slayyter’s back catalog, and Bing Crosby’s entire oeuvre.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Once again, the drama categories come close to jumping over the next threshold, but instead all four categories will have seven nominees.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
Five documentary films are competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the Documentary category at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, with the creative teams behind all five nominees gathering for a press meeting.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2026
Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) have been tapped to announce this year’s Emmy nominees.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
The president’s decision to keep one of his own nominees from showing up at a confirmation hearing is his latest clash with his party.
—Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
The voice cast includes Oscar winners Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges as well as nominees Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, as well as Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan and Phil LaMarr (Futurama, King of the Hill).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 June 2026
Paul said the committee would only vote on the nominees when their financial and background checks were complete.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
For instance, the nominees for this year’s Album of the Year prize included actually relevant records released within the past year such as Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun, Rosalía’s Lux, Slayyyter’s Wor$t Girl in America, but also Slayyter’s back catalog, and Bing Crosby’s entire oeuvre.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominees
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The mayor is banking on his popularity with working class New Yorkers and his antipathy towards Israel to put his candidates over the top.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Part of it is Republican candidates trying to appease independent voters.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Some scientific groups have warned that review by political appointees could make grant decisions more opaque and less predictable.—
Mirae Kim,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
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Three federal health employees later told me political appointees had watered down the original language.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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