Thesaurus results for NOMINEES

nominees

noun

plural of nominee

as in candidates

one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty as the club's vice presidential nominee, she was expected to support the president's position

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Recent Examples of nominees In addition to Drew, Lala, Taylor and Yash, non-nominees Dee and Melody also were chosen to participate in the POV competition. — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026 And a lot of that will influence who the nominees are for the respective parties. — NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 Polling from The Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin shows that Talarico is about the same with rural voters at this point in his campaign than other recent Democratic Senate nominees. — Eleanor Dearman updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 The nominees and winners at the Creative Arts Emmys aren’t lesser talents working on lesser shows. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026 To fill inspectors general vacancies, the Illinois Supreme Court would vet and submit nominees, from which the independent commission would make the final selection. — Collin Corbett, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Until then, see who to expect on the carpet based on the list of Emmy nominees. — Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Last month, Schumer sent two Democratic nominees for the SEC and CFTC, respectively, to the White House, but his office has not disclosed their names. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Once their picks were narrowed to 10 (or 15 for the performers), a group of 500 panelists holed up in the org’s North Hollywood headquarters to watch episodes and choose the eventual nominees. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

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If Woltemade leaves then Wissa, Joe Willock, who is set to stay, and Jacob Ramsey are the obvious candidates to compete to play there.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
During a meeting last week, officials held drawings to determine the order that candidates' names will appear on the ballot.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026

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