candidate
Example Sentences
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The Green Party has vowed to find 'better solutions for the people of Makerfield' its candidate for the June by-election has said.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“Pratt is an unusual candidate and is generating a lot of enthusiasm in the primary, but he trails by double digits to Raman and Bass in a runoff,” DiCamillo said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Drug candidate bepirovirsen helped nearly a fifth of patients in two late-stage clinical trials achieve a functional cure, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Wakefield, who was chosen after the Greens' first candidate Chris Kennedy withdrew from the race, said people feel "frustrated, unheard and frankly annoyed" by national issues.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
We knew of the phenomenon called the Bradley effect, named for an African American candidate, Tom Bradley, who’d run for governor in California in the early 1980s.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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