applicant
noun
a person who applies for or requests something; a candidate.
applicants
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pluralof applicant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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University applicants in England will be given clearer information about student loans before they take them out, the government has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Harvard spokesman Jonathan Swain referred to a previous statement that said, “Harvard College has long sought applicants from a variety of educational backgrounds, including religiously affiliated high schools.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Adra had seen a rise in demand in its academy scheme, with one of their recent openings attracting 108 applicants for only six positions.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
John Borthwick and his team at venture firm Betaworks picked Hugging Face as one of eight startups to join its 2016 accelerator among 450 applicants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But one of the applicants was the son of someone in one of the Munich orchestras, so, for the sake of fairness, the Philharmonic decided to make the first round of auditions blind.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
