seekers

noun

plural of seeker
as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award predicted a tough year for summer job seekers

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Recent Examples of seekers Glassdoor entered the picture to level the playing field for employees and job seekers with an infrastructure around workplace transparency. — Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 On Thursday, a career fair in southwest Atlanta brought job seekers face-to-face with employers looking to hire. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The piercing screams and cheers of thrill seekers clashed with blaring music and barkers calling crowds to their games. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Malaysia is home to about 215,600 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR, including about 126,000 Rohingya who make up one of Southeast Asia’s largest refugee communities. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 There are old favorites that have been welcoming intrepid sun-seekers for decades, while the buzzy newcomers have brought along serious culinary cred and ever-ambitious spas. — Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Trump’s draconian immigration measures have made recent deportees and asylum seekers alike easy targets for extortion, kidnapping, and occasionally recruitment by certain cartels along the US-Mexico border. — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 The facility upgrades add capacity while modernizing the processes used to build the seekers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026 This resort is a fantastic place for sun-seekers to unwind amidst lush Mediterranean scrub, rocky nooks, translucent waters, and thalasso pools. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seekers
  1. candidates
  2. applicants
  3. contenders
Noun
  • The potential candidates will also hear more cynical arguments in favor of running no matter what.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kristin Pawlik and Wendy Howerton garnered the most votes among the three candidates in the March nonpartisan judicial race, but neither got more than the 50% required to win outright.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of candidates
Noun
  • When the cast visited Japan in March 2025, Mystery Channel hosted a special event attended by 270 lucky fans chosen from applicants nationwide, giving them the opportunity to meet and interact with the cast.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The process will work by Watrfall execs reviewing every submission and responding to applicants within six weeks.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of applicants
Noun
  • Trezavant Boyd and James Perrone are both contenders for the Nat Moore Trophy, an award recognizing South Florida's top high school football player.
    — CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Fest director Susan Koch is landing more and more top Oscar contenders and talent every year, as well as Oscar pundits to cover them.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of contenders

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“Seekers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seekers. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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