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
The 14th edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune Top Workplaces survey provides an effective way for companies, employees and job seekers to gain valuable insight into the top organizations in the county.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Australian governments previously paid Nauru and Papua New Guinea to house asylum seekers who attempted to reach Australia’s shore by boat in squalid detention camps.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
By then, Gehrenseestraße had become a community hub for former contract workers and asylum seekers like us.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
For a fee, job seekers can get access to resume reviews, negotiation coaching, mentoring, mock interviews, exam drills and more.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Shovels will be provided in most locations, but it is suggested compost seekers bring their own containers to take their supplies home.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The workforce support organization hosted a small career fair and introduced job seekers to resources, like the system for requesting and receiving unemployment income in Florida.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Every summer, nearly four million tourists—TikTokers, Instagrammers, and selfie-seekers among them—descend on Cinque Terre and its 3,000 residents.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Monroe was, at her core, a seeker.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Australian governments previously paid Nauru and Papua New Guinea to house asylum seekers who attempted to reach Australia’s shore by boat in squalid detention camps.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
By then, Gehrenseestraße had become a community hub for former contract workers and asylum seekers like us.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
For a fee, job seekers can get access to resume reviews, negotiation coaching, mentoring, mock interviews, exam drills and more.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Shovels will be provided in most locations, but it is suggested compost seekers bring their own containers to take their supplies home.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The workforce support organization hosted a small career fair and introduced job seekers to resources, like the system for requesting and receiving unemployment income in Florida.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Every summer, nearly four million tourists—TikTokers, Instagrammers, and selfie-seekers among them—descend on Cinque Terre and its 3,000 residents.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Monroe was, at her core, a seeker.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeker
Noun
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Two other candidates, tech entrepreneur Adam Miller and community organizer Rae Huang, criticized NBC4’s decision to exclude them from the debate.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Several of the candidates have been arrested for the posts.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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To qualify for the program, applicants must have an industrial site of at least 30 contiguous acres of land that is listed on the Arkansas Site Selection Database and that is owned or optioned by the applicant.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Cato report found that in all, total green card approvals under USCIS, the agency in charge of processing immigration benefits, had been cut in half for applicants from all countries.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Seeker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeker. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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