candidates

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Kenyon is one of fourteen candidates contesting the by-election on 18 June.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“But we all care about what’s best for the city. Looking at candidates in the race, it was clear that was Karen Bass.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Even though most schools don’t require them, admissions officers often use submitted scores to assess candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Self-funded wealthy candidates have been a part of American politics for decades, said Robin Kolodny, a Temple University professor of political science with an expertise in campaign finance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Those extinctions eliminated all the large wild animals that might otherwise have been candidates for domestication, and left native Australians and New Guineans with not a single native domestic animal.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond