nominee
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Fromouth was one of the young Mainers who initially saw hope in former Democratic nominee for Senate Graham Platner, who energized voters with a pitch to rally against corruption regardless of their party affiliation.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Leeds limped into the semi-final missing a number of key players including the league's top try-scorer Maika Sivo, captain Ash Handley, and Man of Steel nominee Lachie Miller.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
What Paxton must have known, though, is that once he became the nominee, he’d be golden.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
See the best looks of the night here, from nominee Colman Domingo, presenter LL Cool J, “The Pitt” actor Supriya Ganesh, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Hundreds of enthusiastic congregants packed the pews at the overwhelmingly black church eager to hear what the first black Democratic nominee for president of the United States had to say.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Speculation in Sweden's literary circles is already in full swing, fuelled by the fact that the list of nominees and the jury's deliberations are kept secret for 50 years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
His warning came as this year's nominees for the Earthshot Prize, the global environmental award he launched six years ago, were unveiled.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Get up to date on coverage of the 2023 Emmy nominees, winners, photos, interviews, fashion, and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Grant nominees undergo a rigorous national peer review process before being chosen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
These, however, were but a small part of the professed abolitionists of the United States, the great majority voting for the nominees of the old parties—Harrison, Van Buren, Polk and Clay.
From History of American Abolitionism by F. G. de Fontaine
Vocabulary lists containing nominee
Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Academy Awards, List 1
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This Week In Words: Current Events Vocab for January 16–22, 2021
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