candidates

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That requirement has weeded out a lot of bad candidates for our investments.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“The major difference between ’26 and ‘22, you had two candidates versus three,” Peterson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

But with some countries remaining candidates for more than 15 years, support for joining the bloc has taken a hit in certain Balkan nations.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The company's vaccine development pipeline also includes candidates targeting seasonal influenza, pandemic influenza threats, hemorrhagic fever viruses, and coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander