candidate
Example Sentences
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The most obvious candidate is the VanEck Semiconductor Exchange-Traded Fund, home to data center chip makers seeing explosive growth in their AI offerings.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The Green candidate Sarah Wakefield says she wants to offer more "hope" and "better solutions" to voters in Makerfield.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Several years later, Saudi Arabia would win the right to host the 2034 World Cup as the only candidate in the running.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Democratic voters and interest groups quickly coalesced behind Becerra, who was seen as a steady candidate with a long resume in California politics and a record of fighting the Trump administration.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
When Bertillon joined the Paris police, he was an unlikely candidate to change it.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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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