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candidate

[kan-di-deyt, -dit, kan-di-deyt] / ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt, -dɪt, ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt /


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And since things take a turn for the medical, Duffy’s oldest daughter, Evita, and her husband, Wisconsin Republican congressional candidate Michael Alfonso, enlist an ultrasound tech to reveal their unborn child’s gender.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

She was suspended by the SNP and dropped as a regional list candidate for Central Scotland and Lothians West in the Holyrood election.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

He took on the favored candidate of Amodei and others in the GOP establishment, James Settelmeyer, a former minority leader of the state Senate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

The company, which was fast out of the gate with an mRNA Covid vaccine trial in March 2020, was an obvious candidate for government funding.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

I will not be a candidate, and I will not be chosen.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

He has lent his campaign more than $1.6 million and failed to provide the personal disclosure information required of federal candidates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Absent a background check, Councilmember Sharon Kwan suggested during this month’s study session that council candidates answer a questionnaire about whether they or any of their family members are connected to a foreign government.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Businesses including PricewaterhouseCoopers and law firm Freshfields are bringing in more apprentices, saying it helps them tap a wider pool of candidates who can develop skills over a longer period.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

The Security Council straw poll was devised in the early 1980s in an attempt to break a deadlock between two candidates shut down by vetoes.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Jackie Cochran would not be one of the test candidates.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

What said the elegant modern church, that during the process of this change was undergoing a candidating siege?

From Divers Women by Pansy

After a little rest and some candidating for a church, I took a small parish at Highland Falls, about a mile from West Point, New York, entering on my labors in January, 1866.

From Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

"The minister who is candidating can't be too careful what text he chooses," said Miss Cornelia solemnly.

From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

It was when I was candidating for my first parish that I preached at a little village down in Pennsylvania.

From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various

I don't believe in candidating, and I can't be accessory to it.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott




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