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
Leasing staff will begin reaching out to applicants at the top of a randomized ranking list in June and as late as August, according to the city’s website.
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
On the residency front, the country is also expected to receive 80,000 residency applications in 2026—up from 28,000 in 2024—with the majority of applicants coming from Brazil, according to a news release.
—Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Between 25,000 and 30,000 of the new passports will be available to applicants at the Washington passport office beginning shortly before July 4.
—Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
To qualify for the program, applicants must have an industrial site of at least 30 contiguous acres of land that is listed on the Arkansas Site Selection Database and that is owned or optioned by the applicant.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2026
The Cato report found that in all, total green card approvals under USCIS, the agency in charge of processing immigration benefits, had been cut in half for applicants from all countries.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The 15 gifted academics and writers were selected from a pool of over 800 applicants.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Whitfield said the process was designed to protect applicants, and that in his case that didn’t happen.
—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
Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
On the residency front, the country is also expected to receive 80,000 residency applications in 2026—up from 28,000 in 2024—with the majority of applicants coming from Brazil, according to a news release.
—Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Between 25,000 and 30,000 of the new passports will be available to applicants at the Washington passport office beginning shortly before July 4.
—Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
To qualify for the program, applicants must have an industrial site of at least 30 contiguous acres of land that is listed on the Arkansas Site Selection Database and that is owned or optioned by the applicant.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2026
The Cato report found that in all, total green card approvals under USCIS, the agency in charge of processing immigration benefits, had been cut in half for applicants from all countries.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The 15 gifted academics and writers were selected from a pool of over 800 applicants.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Whitfield said the process was designed to protect applicants, and that in his case that didn’t happen.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applicants
candidates
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The two highest-polling candidates — Hilton and Steyer — are in the mid-teens, with most of the other candidates close behind.—
Anne Bryson,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mfume has not joined in the negative attack game, but Conway, like other failing candidates, has decided his only political pathway is simply to run a nasty and divisive campaign.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Applicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicants. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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