as in applicant
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum
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Caruso, a 2022 L.A. mayoral candidate, owns several shopping centers including the Grove, the Americana in Glendale and Palisades Village, a retail-residential complex in the heart of the Palisades that was damaged in the fire but remains standing.
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Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
But the bottom line is, Vrabel was both their guy and the best candidate on the market.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the billionaire real estate developer and former L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso’s successfully utilized a private team to protect his Palisades Village shopping complex even as the immediate neighborhood around it was reduced to rubble.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
Though much of the Red Sox offseason trade talk has centered around 24-year-old first baseman Triston Casas, according to Alex Mayes of the Talk Sox blog, Duran makes a more likely trade candidate while his value is high coming off of his career season.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
But the bottom line is, Vrabel was both their guy and the best candidate on the market.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the billionaire real estate developer and former L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso’s successfully utilized a private team to protect his Palisades Village shopping complex even as the immediate neighborhood around it was reduced to rubble.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
Though much of the Red Sox offseason trade talk has centered around 24-year-old first baseman Triston Casas, according to Alex Mayes of the Talk Sox blog, Duran makes a more likely trade candidate while his value is high coming off of his career season.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Candidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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