candidate
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Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt based his campaign in large part on a scathing criticism of Bass’ handling of the Palisades fire and his own frustration after his Pacific Palisades house was destroyed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, the party's candidate, Kenyon, is focusing on hyper-local issues such as opposing new housing developments on green-belt land, pitching himself as a "normal" local lad.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The most obvious candidate is the VanEck Semiconductor Exchange-Traded Fund, home to data center chip makers seeing explosive growth in their AI offerings.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Given all the doubts around Adobe, it’s perhaps surprising that the company will likely go with an internal candidate to replace outgoing CEO Shantanu Narayen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
An individual’s past convictions will still be considered, but not until later in the hiring process, when the applicant has been identified as a serious candidate for the position.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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