as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
have numerous applicants for the job
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Recent Examples of applicants
After dropping degree requirements, companies need to make intentional changes to their hiring practices to level the playing field among applicants and verify skills.
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Allie Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Applying early often provides students a slight edge in the competitive process due to the boost that ED applicants lend to colleges’ matriculation rates.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike rebates and tax credits for electric cars, applicants don’t have to first buy the e-bike to get the incentive.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
While the latest version of the form is operating much more smoothly, the incoming president has vowed to carry out mass deportations in his next term, fomenting anxiety for applicants in the same vulnerable population.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
The initiative, backed by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, selected 75 participants from over 600 applicants across Indonesia for online training in various film industry roles, including production assistance, accounting, post-production, sound design, special effects, and acting.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
The percentage of Medicaid applicants waiting more than a month and a half to have their applications processed has nearly tripled in the first year of Pathways, the analysis of state and federal records found.
—Andy Miller | Kff Health News, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
The settlements resolve complaints that rejected job applicants filed with the state last year.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
In 2022, a construction company agreed to pay the same amount after unlawfully denying a group of applicants jobs in 2018 and 2019.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Allie Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Applying early often provides students a slight edge in the competitive process due to the boost that ED applicants lend to colleges’ matriculation rates.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike rebates and tax credits for electric cars, applicants don’t have to first buy the e-bike to get the incentive.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
While the latest version of the form is operating much more smoothly, the incoming president has vowed to carry out mass deportations in his next term, fomenting anxiety for applicants in the same vulnerable population.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
The initiative, backed by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, selected 75 participants from over 600 applicants across Indonesia for online training in various film industry roles, including production assistance, accounting, post-production, sound design, special effects, and acting.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
The percentage of Medicaid applicants waiting more than a month and a half to have their applications processed has nearly tripled in the first year of Pathways, the analysis of state and federal records found.
—Andy Miller | Kff Health News, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
The settlements resolve complaints that rejected job applicants filed with the state last year.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
In 2022, a construction company agreed to pay the same amount after unlawfully denying a group of applicants jobs in 2018 and 2019.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Applicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicants. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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