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candidature

[kan-di-duh-cher] / ˈkæn dɪ dəˌtʃər /


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“A public candidature and campaigning like the one that we have seen this year is highly unusual,” said Nina Graeger, the director of Peace Research Institute Oslo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

John Swinney is being nominated by Deputy First Minister Shona Robison, with the SNP’s deputy leader Keith Brown seconding his candidature.

From BBC ● May 7, 2024

Rajoelina sent his resignation letter to the court on Saturday following confirmation of his candidature in the elections, the High Constitutional Court said in a statement late on Saturday.

From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2023

“The Russian Federation would love to welcome him once his candidature would be officially announced.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2017

So well were his methods understood that he acquired the dubious honour of a candidature for the authorship of Junius.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery

“Their candidatures have put the Olympic Movement in a win-win situation, with very little to separate the two projects,” said Patrick Baumann, the panel chairman and an IOC member.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2017

South African officials have said they are likely to bid, and Paris, Budapest, Istanbul and Melbourne are discussing candidatures.

From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 8, 2015

“Two very interesting candidatures with a very diverse approach” is how IOC President Thomas Bach described them on Thursday.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2014

"Obviously this time it will not be somebody from Europe, so we will have to see what the candidatures are," European Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht told reporters last week during a visit to Geneva.

From Reuters ● Dec. 17, 2012

Two subsequent candidatures for Chairs of Astronomy showed that Carlyle had not lost his taste for Mathematics; but this work was his practical farewell to that science.

From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol


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