as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
predicted a tough year for summer job seekers
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Recent Examples of seekers
Shifts in the labor force The US unemployment rate can hold steady even the country adds fewer jobs than last year, economists say, noting more people aging out of the workforce, a rise in discouraged job seekers, a reduced flow of immigrants and rising deportations of workers.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Most contentiously, these rollbacks to Medicaid cuts would reverse restrictions that made immigrants who are generally present in the country legally, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, ineligible for Medicaid and ACA coverage.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Young job seekers told CNBC that the difficulty of finding a job has brought up feelings of social isolation and self-doubt.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The researchers found a small increase in occupational dissimilarity compared to older graduates, which could reflect early AI effects but also could just as easily be attributed to labor market trends, including employers’ and job-seekers’ reactions to noise about AI replacing workers.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
When Bluey is hiding, little giggles and clues help direct the seekers.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Critics say visa could hurt Chinese job seekers The visa has also attracted criticism from within China, where many young adults have for years faced poor employment prospects despite often being highly educated in STEM fields.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Each provides free or low-cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other essential services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Over the 1990s, Washington seized on that opacity to transform the base into a theater of extraterritorial mass incarceration to hold tens of thousands of Haitian and Cuban asylum-seekers fleeing political violence and economic collapse in their home countries.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Most contentiously, these rollbacks to Medicaid cuts would reverse restrictions that made immigrants who are generally present in the country legally, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, ineligible for Medicaid and ACA coverage.
—Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Young job seekers told CNBC that the difficulty of finding a job has brought up feelings of social isolation and self-doubt.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The researchers found a small increase in occupational dissimilarity compared to older graduates, which could reflect early AI effects but also could just as easily be attributed to labor market trends, including employers’ and job-seekers’ reactions to noise about AI replacing workers.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
When Bluey is hiding, little giggles and clues help direct the seekers.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Critics say visa could hurt Chinese job seekers The visa has also attracted criticism from within China, where many young adults have for years faced poor employment prospects despite often being highly educated in STEM fields.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Each provides free or low-cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other essential services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Over the 1990s, Washington seized on that opacity to transform the base into a theater of extraterritorial mass incarceration to hold tens of thousands of Haitian and Cuban asylum-seekers fleeing political violence and economic collapse in their home countries.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seekers
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Those were all topics discussed at a forum for Republican candidates running to represent Kentucky's 6th Congressional District.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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In one of the videos, candidates are seen on the catwalk when the earthquake hits.—
Rajeev Tyagi,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs have retained CAA ICON to evaluate those applicants.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Some employers like Google, Microsoft, and EY have all offered high-level jobs to applicants without degrees, focusing on work experience and special credentialing.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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Other contests to watch involve potential conference contenders with Virginia and Louisville meeting for the chance to reach five wins and remain unbeaten in the ACC.—
Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee and Miami had similar turnover before finding Josh Heupel (who led the Volunteers to the College Football Playoff) and Cristobal (whose Hurricanes are contenders this fall).—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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