How do you use Candidate in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like somebody or someone, plus the exact meaning.

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Candidate in a sentence

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Candidate meaning

  1. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
  2. A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
  3. A participant in an examination.

Synonyms of Candidate

campaigner mortal somebody someone individual person prospect political leader pol politico politician nominee soul

Candidate in Dutch

kandidaat kandidate

Example sentences (20)

If one candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the statewide votes, that candidate will win all the Idaho delegates.

Sarah Alan is Labour’s candidate; Sunny Virk is candidate while Shesh Sheshabhatter is standing for the Green Party.

Kennedy is the second candidate, after progressive writer Marianne Williamson, who was also a candidate in 2020.

DPT’s candidate, Karma Chhophel, is the lone candidate from Samkhar and is likely to maintain an upper hand in the gewog.

The LP candidate endorsed the APC presidential candidate and promised to mobilise his supporters for him.

According to him, the cabals are against Tinubu because their candidate did not emerge as the presidential candidate of the APC.

Pautsch’s most recent prayer breakfast featured losing Arizona gubernatorial candidate and current senatorial candidate Kari Lake.

In the Surrey City Centre (SRC) riding, BC NDP candidate Amna Shah leads with 95 votes over BC Conservatives candidate Zeeshan Wahla.

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Each candidate made their case for why they would be the best candidate to take on the popular Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November.

Overall, voters are more likely to say the candidate they do not support has a negative tone than to say this about their own candidate.

Anything a 35-year-old candidate endures an 81-year-old candidate should have to withstand.

Overall, they are more likely to support a Democratic candidate — or at least less likely to support a Republican candidate — than men are.

Just before 9pm, it was announced Independent candidate Michael Regan had won the seat of Wakehurst against Liberal candidate Toby Williams.

Labour mayoral candidate Richard Parker and Halesowen Labour Party candidate Alex Ballinger visited Halesowen College on Thursday, February 22.

Electors check each eliminated candidate’s ballots and “transfer” the next qualifying vote on each paper to another candidate still in the race.

Connecting with wealthy backers who can can contribute large sums to a that supports the candidate can be the key to a candidate's staying power.

Some leaders whose agenda is to work for some candidate, want a northern candidate.

Residents vote for one candidate and the candidate with the most votes becomes PCC.

For this year’s congressional races, the Iowa Poll has just surveyed which candidate is preferred according to party, not using the candidate’s names.

A write-in candidate means the candidate’s name is not printed on the ballot.

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Common combinations with candidate

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "candidate" in a sentence?
An example: "If one candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the statewide votes, that candidate will win all the Idaho delegates." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "candidate" from real English texts.
What does "candidate" mean?
Candidate means: A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
What are synonyms of "candidate"?
Common synonyms of "candidate" include: campaigner, mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, prospect, political leader. Plus 5 more synonyms.
What is "candidate" in Dutch?
"candidate" translates to Dutch as: kandidaat, kandidate.
How many example sentences with "candidate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "candidate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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