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candidacy

[kan-di-duh-see] / ˈkæn dɪ də si /


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What can look like a surprise candidacy to some is the culmination of years spent building relationships and registering voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Polymarket told AFP that bets placed on events via the platform constitute "neither polls nor official projections, nor expressions of support for any candidacy."

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"I am standing because my life has prepared me to serve the game," Vega said in a statement announcing his candidacy.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

She projects a likeable persona, but her candidacy inspires no one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

While all this was going on around him, Jefferson professed complete ignorance of his candidacy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Appearing before the Democratic faithful at the state party convention in San Francisco, hopefuls offered the whys and wherefore of their candidacies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

Those delegates went on to back reforms to the party's primary process that made it easier for insurgent candidacies like Jackson to compete for the party's presidential nomination without backing from the Democratic establishment.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

His rapid ascension is proof that in an era of intense load management, increasingly specialized bullpens and near-ubiquitious arm injuries, a massive shift is underway in how voters evaluate pitchers’ candidacies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

Finance ministers from the 20 countries sharing the single currency had until Friday to submit their candidacies for the job.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

It was not necessary to nominate Washington, and the candidacies of Adams and Jefferson were also matters of general understanding.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske


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