candidate
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And this season, Purdy is a leading candidate to win the award that has, in a way, described him for his entire career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The visit by Rubio -- seen by US media as a potential candidate to succeed Trump -- will be his first abroad since the midterms.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The study's first author, Elizabeth Heintz, is a doctoral candidate who worked in the Integrated Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Harry Grant was another candidate with his probing from hooker, and Reece Walsh caught the eye with a hat-trick, and from Samoa's perspective captain Stephen Crichton led with quality and effort.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
One priority was installing listening devices in the campaign office of Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Some antimicrobial peptides can attack and destroy harmful microorganisms, making them promising candidates for new infection treatments.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
It has traditionally supported candidates from both the left and the right.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
To win a seat on the seven-member board, candidates need only a plurality of votes, not a majority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
The report is based on data that the firm gathers from clients and candidates, from the start of the year through early November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
As before, the candidates for Scythedom went first, having been tested the night before.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
It was when I was candidating for my first parish that I preached at a little village down in Pennsylvania.
From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various
When we think of it, what a ghoulish business "candidating" is!
From The Warriors by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
The elder was filling the vacant pulpit that day by mere chance, as he told me; but I guess he was really candidating a little after all.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
"The minister who is candidating can't be too careful what text he chooses," said Miss Cornelia solemnly.
From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
I believe the whole church is satisfied with the result of our peculiar method of candidating.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott
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