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nominee

noun as in candidate

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That’s doubtless because the biggest story of the past week has involved Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, fantasizing in leaked text messages about the murder of a political opponent and his family.

In the general election, Mr. Cuomo finds himself stretched by trying to avoid losing liberal Democratic voters while also convincing Republicans that he’d represent them better than Curtis Sliwa, 71, the GOP nominee.

The Oscar nominee, who stars as Elphaba in the hit film, took on a new role as Strictly's first ever guest mentor, leaving some of the celebrities starstruck.

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Eventually, Reagan settled on a new nominee: his fellow Californian, Judge Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S.

There were 338 candidates nominated for this year's peace prize, according to the Nobel Committee - though the names of the nominees will not be revealed for 50 years, as per tradition.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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