applier

noun

Definition of appliernext
as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award first-time appliers for federal grant money

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  1. candidate
  2. applicant
Noun
  • After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But most of the likely Democratic candidates simply don’t agree that a genocide happened in Gaza, and reject the question’s premise.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of candidate
Noun
  • Hiring managers increasingly emphasize applicants’ autonomy and judgment relative to specific technical expertise, the report said.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Evidence in that case showed that Asian applicants with very high test scores were often turned down.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of applicant
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“Applier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applier. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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