nominate
verb (used with object)
to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
had nominated
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past perfectof nominate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Chip Wilson said Monday that he had nominated three director candidates to the board as Lululemon searches for a new chief executive, confirming an earlier report by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Congratulatory messages were sent to Tchiroma from a party coalition that had nominated him as a representative candidate, along with another former candidate and a former minister.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
During a Wednesday gaggle in the Oval Office, Trump said he was surprised Jerome Powell was appointed as chair of the Federal Reserve — apparently unaware that he had nominated Powell in 2017.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
The nominee in question was Dave Weldon, a former congressman whom Trump had nominated to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
I looked gratefully at the student who had nominated me.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
