as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
have numerous applicants for the job
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Recent Examples of applicant
Whitfield said the process was designed to protect applicants, and that in his case that didn’t happen.
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Official data show a sudden jump in the numbers applying for unemployment insurance – with 147,000 applicants in the past two months, about three times higher than last year.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Facing that reality and the coming cuts, San Diego and other jurisdictions officially closed off their voucher programs to new applicants not long ago.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Some details may have been changed by the applicant and not yet recorded on the administrative summary.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Official data show a sudden jump in the numbers applying for unemployment insurance – with 147,000 applicants in the past two months, about three times higher than last year.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Facing that reality and the coming cuts, San Diego and other jurisdictions officially closed off their voucher programs to new applicants not long ago.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Some details may have been changed by the applicant and not yet recorded on the administrative summary.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for applicant
candidate
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Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems The Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate may have had the most cinematic route of the bunch.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The candidates themselves must live within the district’s boundaries, which stretch across large portions of northwest and west-central Georgia and include parts of western metro Atlanta.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Applicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicant. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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