candidates

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Let candidates put forth their own ideas for lowering costs, cutting waste or reducing regulation, without waiting for presidential permission.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Steven Finn was another of the candidates to be interviewed in the final round of the selection process.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

We can identify candidates by screening the S&P 500 for stocks of companies for which rolling 12-month earnings-per-share estimates have increased significantly, even as share prices have declined this year.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This” “It’s a coin toss between presumed front-runners Jean Smart and Lisa Kudrow, with Elle Fanning from ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ a scrappy spoiler in a strong field of candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The way it works is that all the candidates sit up on the stage in folding chairs, but it is only the presidential candidates who make speeches.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe