candidate
Example Sentences
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The top two vote-getters in California’s non-partisan primaries will advance to theNovember runoff, unless one candidate manages to pick up more than 50% of the vote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"A candidate who can have a story that makes you want to know what happens next, and who delivers sure-fire twists and turns and thrills, that's what we want."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
What inspired you to go from this relatively behind-the-scenes, former high-ranking legislative aide to a Democratic candidate for state senate in your home district?
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Early-stage data for GSK’s drug candidate IDRx-42 presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting showed potential as a first-line treatment for gastrointestinal cancer, Jefferies says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
At a campaign event in Boston, a high school student asked the young candidate what he’d done to become a war hero.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing candidate
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 2
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