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Recent Examples of noncandidate
Vote for a marginal party or write in our displeasure with a noncandidate?
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Jesse A. Myerson, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2020
Despite being a noncandidate, Mr. Brown seemed to make a shadow campaign swing this month.
—New York Times, 23 July 2019
The donation appears to be the largest noncandidate contribution ever given to a campaign.
—Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
Jesse A. Myerson, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2020
Despite being a noncandidate, Mr. Brown seemed to make a shadow campaign swing this month.
—New York Times, 23 July 2019
The donation appears to be the largest noncandidate contribution ever given to a campaign.
—Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncandidate
Noun
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Lamont started the campaign with an advantage as a two-term incumbent with far more name recognition and substantially more money than his opponents.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
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Stein’s decision to back a challenger over an incumbent from his own party comes after Cunningham, a longtime Charlotte Democrat first elected in 2012, sided with Republicans on multiple veto override votes.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Holger Klinck directs the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, another Bezos Earth Fund awardee.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Morgan taught physics, as well as a bilingual class for recent Spanish-speaking immigrants, and became a PAEMST awardee in 2023.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Nashville native — daughter of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Paul Overstreet, who penned hits of his own and for many others beginning in the 1980s — earns her first top 10 on Country Airplay as a writer.—
Russ Penuell,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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Joining the judges' panel this week as a special guest was Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Flavor Flav.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Noncandidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncandidate. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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