- a variation of candidacy.
candidature
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Lyndon Farnham's candidature is unopposed and the senator will share his vision statement for the role later at the first meeting of the newly elected States Assembly following the island election on 7 June.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
“A public candidature and campaigning like the one that we have seen this year is highly unusual,” said Nina Graeger, the director of Peace Research Institute Oslo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Clark made it to fifth place in the sixth ballot before her own candidature was killed off.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2018
“The Russian Federation would love to welcome him once his candidature would be officially announced.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2017
France, having rejected for dynastic reasons the candidature of a Frenchman, the duc de Montpensier, saw herself threatened with a German prince.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
“Their candidatures have put the Olympic Movement in a win-win situation, with very little to separate the two projects,” said Patrick Baumann, the panel chairman and an IOC member.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2017
South African officials have said they are likely to bid, and Paris, Budapest, Istanbul and Melbourne are discussing candidatures.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 8, 2015
“Two very interesting candidatures with a very diverse approach” is how IOC President Thomas Bach described them on Thursday.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2014
"Obviously this time it will not be somebody from Europe, so we will have to see what the candidatures are," European Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht told reporters last week during a visit to Geneva.
From Reuters ● Dec. 17, 2012
Grajal was so greatly struck with his opponent's ability that he supported Luis de Leon in all his subsequent candidatures.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
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