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candidate

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


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Some companies post less-than-real ads to build a pipeline for jobs that might open up someday or in case they reel in a dream candidate too good to pass up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Steinberg, an executive member of NexusHealth at McMaster and chief scientific officer, shareholder and co-founder of Espervita Therapeutics, recently co-authored preclinical research describing a promising drug candidate for advanced liver disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Macky Sall, 64, is the only candidate not from Latin America -- which is where the next UN boss should come, according to convention.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Brook has not shown he has the maturity to do that part of the job, meaning Joe Root was the only candidate.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Victoria Woodhull wanted respect, both as a suffragist and as a candidate for president of the United States.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Already, British bookmakers have four different candidates at 7/1 odds or shorter to be the first to be sacked this season.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

There are many candidates from the region, though Sall and Otunnu hail from Africa.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

A big question hanging over these interviews was what will the approach of these candidates be to independence?

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The two candidates spent much of the night skewering each other over their respective track records.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

“They were perfect candidates for this dialogue,” she said.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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 believe the whole church is satisfied with the result of our peculiar method of candidating.

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

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

The elder was filling the vacant pulpit that day by mere chance, as he told me; but I guess he was really candidating a little after all.

From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick




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