as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
predicted a tough year for summer job seekers
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Recent Examples of seeker
Subverting Britain’s original intent for the canal system, freedom seekers used the water passage as a route to flee from the colony.
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Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Banning State Park Sandstone, Minnesota Ninety miles north of Minneapolis on I-35 near the town of Sandstone, thrill-seekers, whitewater canoeists, and kayakers venture to Banning State Park for the turbulent rapids of the Kettle River.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Job seekers use it to write their resumes.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
Ratansen is guided by the parrot Hiramani, Padmavati’s former companion and, in Sufi terms, the spiritual teacher who mediates between the seeker and the divine.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
This section includes small canard fins equipped with laser seekers.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Philly joins national movement Frustration and outcry over the United States’ low acceptance rates of Central American asylum-seekers sparked Philadelphia’s sanctuary movement.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Thrill seekers can tackle water slides, a surf simulator, and the Ultimate Abyss (a 10-story dry slide), while adults can relax in the Solarium.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
One of the family's attorneys, Paschal Nwokocha, previously told PEOPLE that Liam’s family entered the country legally in 2024 as asylum seekers at a border crossing in Brownsville, Texas through the CBP One app.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Banning State Park Sandstone, Minnesota Ninety miles north of Minneapolis on I-35 near the town of Sandstone, thrill-seekers, whitewater canoeists, and kayakers venture to Banning State Park for the turbulent rapids of the Kettle River.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Job seekers use it to write their resumes.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
Ratansen is guided by the parrot Hiramani, Padmavati’s former companion and, in Sufi terms, the spiritual teacher who mediates between the seeker and the divine.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
This section includes small canard fins equipped with laser seekers.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Philly joins national movement Frustration and outcry over the United States’ low acceptance rates of Central American asylum-seekers sparked Philadelphia’s sanctuary movement.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Thrill seekers can tackle water slides, a surf simulator, and the Ultimate Abyss (a 10-story dry slide), while adults can relax in the Solarium.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
One of the family's attorneys, Paschal Nwokocha, previously told PEOPLE that Liam’s family entered the country legally in 2024 as asylum seekers at a border crossing in Brownsville, Texas through the CBP One app.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeker
Noun
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Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin, cautioned against reading too much into Tuesday’s results.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Headlined by Kon Knueppel, who’s a candidate to be the Hornets’ first rookie of the year since Ball picked up the honor in 2020-21, the additions of Sion James, Ryan Kalkbrenner and Liam McNeeley easily represent the team’s best collective class in a very long time.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The recipients, who range in age from twenty-eight to seventy-six, were chosen from among nearly 5,000 applicants.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
14 Apr. 2026
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The class spans 55 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, with fellows chosen from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Seeker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeker. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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