How to Use candidate in a Sentence

candidate

noun

• Candidates can apply in person or send a resume.
• The program has several doctoral candidates.
• In the city commissioner race, eight candidates are running for four seats.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
• Beute is the first candidate to announce his intention for the countywide post.
  — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
• The most logical candidate is core special-teams player Oren Burks, who made three fill-in starts last year.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
• This maximizes validity and keeps the candidate engaged in the process.
  — Eric Friedman, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• The country was asked to pursue political reforms for it to be granted candidate status.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• The board narrowed its candidate list from 31 to six during a special meeting Jan. 28.
  — Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 9 Mar. 2023
• Obi is the first presidential candidate from the opposition to win in Lagos.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• Also, each candidate will have a private interview with the judges before the preliminaries.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2023
• Kim, who pushed for grouping candidates by office, argued that the county-line ballots unfairly benefited those backed by party leaders.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
• He is credited with helping recruit national player of the year candidate Zach Edey to Purdue.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2023
• But the problem may be the candidate — the product that the team has to sell.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
• Many of the candidates in the race understood the stakes of joining the board.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• The guild will hold a candidate forum on Aug. 30, and ballots must be cast by Sept. 19.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 June 2023
• That's still the case, but today, the gap between the two candidates has narrowed.
  — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2024
• If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two will head to a runoff in November.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
• But even here, the red and blue candidates were getting all the attention.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• For candidates who want to meet the higher ante for the second debate, the key to getting on stage could be this: Do well in the first one.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• Stay informed and learn about the candidates and their platforms.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2024
• Asked which candidate most shares their values, 48% named Biden and 45% named Trump.
  — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
• Then, the researchers created the most promising candidates in the lab.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• Asking for advice on how big of a salary to offer a job candidate.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• How might the debate nudge the scale for the candidates, as determined by the inevitable follow-up polling?
  — Heather Hendershot / Made By History, TIME, 27 June 2024
• The April 2 election for the Cudahy School Board features four candidates running for two seats on the board.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
• The candidates most direct in firing them: Chambers and Hill.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
• The other handful of candidates might do well to remember the same.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 June 2023
• Whaley will stay on in an advisor role until the end of the year to help the firm find a new candidate and ease into the transition.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 June 2023
• One of those candidates is urging the president to end his bid and make room for a new nominee.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 11 July 2024
• Voters get two votes on the ballot: one for a candidate in their local constituency and one for the party.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024