candidate
Example Sentences
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“Gavin is the candidate who can motivate both the left and the center,” Hastings told The Times, referring to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Under the first-past-the-post electoral system, the candidate or candidates with the most votes in each seat are elected.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Their findings, published in Stem Cell Reports, point to glycyrrhizin, a natural compound found in black licorice, as a promising candidate for reducing intestinal inflammation and preventing cell death.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
“It’s like: ‘We need to figure out a candidate who can win!’
From Slate • May 9, 2026
I’d never feel as passionately about another candidate as I did about my own husband, which made campaigning for others sometimes difficult for me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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