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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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Republican incumbent Geary Higgins is running on his resistance to unchecked data center construction.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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White’s primary challenge to Norton, 88, is going to be the incumbent’s most competitive race in 35 years.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Three groups won parts of a $30 million grant to transform the design of RF chips using machine learning, but at least one awardee has gotten no word on when or whether the funding will flow.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So let the guessing begin on just whom Missy Elliott, Brandi Carlile, Killer Mike, Teddy Swims and the other guests have been matched up with from the inductees’ list.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fifty years after Linda Ronstadt’s Prisoner in Disguise came out, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee is looking back at the album that further cemented her reputation as a ‘70s pop superstar and supreme song interpreter, as Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissues the set.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Noncandidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncandidate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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