nominee
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His challengers are strong: Leguizamo in ‘The Odyssey,’ which has coattails, Giamatti in ‘The Debut,’ Rockwell, who won for Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards,’ and four-time nominee Norton in ‘The Invite.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In New Hampshire’s Senate race, Republican nominee John Sununu has said it “doesn’t make any sense to engage in a trade war with Canada.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Her improbable rise to become Florida’s Democratic nominee for U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Activist investor Oasis Management is paying former Disney CEO Bob Chapek $100,000 a month as a nominee for the board of Vail Resorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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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The cast is chock full of former Oscar nominees and one-time A-listers.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Party elders once settled on state governors and army generals as presidential nominees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
Manzambi is already in the discussion with fellow nominees Lamine Yamal of Barcelona, Real Madrid's Yan Diomande and new Manchester City midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi for the best young player in the world award.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
At one time, indeed, a Magyar archbishop and four or five bishops openly joined the Orthodox communion and willingly crowned Manuel’s nominees despite the anathemas of their Catholic brethren.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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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