candidature

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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

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2017

It remains in the contest and will submit the third and final candidature file along with rivals Paris and Los Angeles on Feb. 3.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2017

If elected president of the C40 global cities group – she recently announced her candidature – she hopes to take the idea worldwide.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2016

It was now known to all that Yan Kazimir would be chosen; for Prince Karl had yielded to his brother, and resigned the candidature of his own good-will.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk