candidates

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These ultrathin materials, made from just one or a few atomic layers, have been viewed as promising candidates for building even tinier electronic devices.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

He has endorsed three of the candidates being targeted by Neighbors First: Hernandez, Mazariegos and Malik.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Australia has a preferential voting system where voters rank candidates from their most to least preferred.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

With nearly 99 percent of the ballots counted, no candidate has an outright majority, meaning the election will go to a run-off between the two top candidates on June 7.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The world holds only about 148 species of large wild mammalian terrestrial herbivores or omnivores, the large mammals that could he considered candidates for domestication.

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