Synonym: applicant, nominee, seeker. Similar words: to date, mandate, update, out of date, up to date, date back to, accommodate, indicate. Meaning: ['kændɪdət] 
n. 1. a politician who is running for public office 2. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
n. 1. a politician who is running for public office 2. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.). 
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181. The novel must be a prime candidate for the award.
182. Mongolia seemed an unlikely candidate as the pacesetter for political change in Asia.
183. Her name has been mentioned as a favoured leadership candidate.
184. Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack.
185. He might be an attractive compromise candidate if both sides' first choices are rejected.
186. The committee will select the best candidate for the job.
187. The presidential candidate backwatered on several promises when he got into office.
188. Our team is a prime candidate for relegation this year.
189. We're going to give the other candidate a run for her money.
190. In order to be elected, a candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast.
191. Any candidate with more than half the votes shall be declared elected.
192. They were asked to select the party candidate from 20 aspirants.
193. Party offcials brokered the deal between the president and his vice-presidential candidate.
194. When asked directly for her position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
195. She is the most fancied candidate for the next election.
196. Ryan will be a candidate in next month's elections, but his chances are not good.
197. The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.
198. There's been a late surge of support for an independent candidate.
199. The Tory candidate held the seat, but with a greatly reduced majority.
200. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
201. We have adopted Mr. Stevens as our candidate at the next election.
202. Clinton had cast himself as the candidate of new economic opportunity.
203. With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile.
204. She decided to stand as a candidate in the union elections.
205. The Tory candidate stands a good chance of getting in.
206. She's the candidate who is backed by the Labour Party.
206. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
207. He had emerged from being a hesitant and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.
208. We all spoke to them and John emerged as the best candidate.
209. He likes to poor-mouth his candidate's chances so that the candidate will appear to have pulled an astonishingly strong victory.
210. She is seeking nomination as a candidate in the elections.
More similar words: to date, mandate, update, out of date, up to date, date back to, accommodate, indicate, guidance, data, be good at, database, predator, end in, hand in, Indian, send in, landing, funding, abound in, spending, recommendation, on display, outstanding, condition, depending, indicator, indication, indigenous, conditions.