candidate
Example Sentences
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Magyar’s team feared the tactic risked whipping up hostility toward the candidate now traveling with scant security.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe offered "republican congratulations" to finance minister Wadagni, 49, who had been widely tipped to win after being endorsed by outgoing leader Patrice Talon.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Then-vice presidential candidate JD Vance added to the chorus, saying on a podcast, “We need to release the Epstein list.”
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
No, the opposition toward the candidate is viciously intense, shockingly manifold, and wide-ranging to the point of sounding almost existential.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Jean Hixson also became a candidate for astronaut testing.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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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