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Definition of Candidates
1. candidate [n] - See also: candidate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candidates
Literary usage of Candidates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The bishops of the province discuss the merits of the candidates and transmit
... The names of the three candidates who have obtained the greatest number of ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"The evidence on which they would found their opinions, would be— The written
publications of the candidates ; Answers to written and oral questions ..."
3. Report by Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Present Condition of the Civil Service (1877)
"The general duties or the Board are defined in the 25th section of the Act, so
far as the examination of candidates for employment in the Civil Service is ..."
4. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"If one of the two candidates to be voted for was taken from the North, policy
required to take the other from the ..."
5. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1908)
"The Machines are always enabled to print the tickets and distribute them by means
of assessments levied on candidates and office-holders. ..."
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