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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
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As an incumbent, Bass will always have the advantage of her City Hall bully pulpit, said Fernando Guerra, political science professor at Loyola Marymount University.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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With no incumbent running, the race has drawn a large field of candidates, especially on the Democratic side.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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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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Here are this year's new inductees, many of whom have written the soundtrack to our lives.—
Rebecca Castagna,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Swift enters the hall as its second-youngest inductee ever, and the youngest woman, at 36.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Noncandidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncandidate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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