as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
a debate between the two aspirants for the highest office
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Recent Examples of aspirant
Espada aspirants are advised to buy the best example affordable, as body panels and trim pieces can be as rare as unicorns, and a full restoration is a fool’s errand, unless one is skilled and wants a multiyear garage project.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Both were apparently among thousands of political asylum aspirants who entered the United States from Mexico legally via an immigration process scrapped by the Trump administration.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
By the time Saturday Night Live had been around for a quarter of a century, in 2000, a folklore developed among S.N.L. aspirants around the way Lorne Michaels hires people.
—Susan Morrison, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The former North Dakota governor and onetime 2024 presidential aspirant cleared the Senate in a 79-18 vote.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Both were apparently among thousands of political asylum aspirants who entered the United States from Mexico legally via an immigration process scrapped by the Trump administration.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
By the time Saturday Night Live had been around for a quarter of a century, in 2000, a folklore developed among S.N.L. aspirants around the way Lorne Michaels hires people.
—Susan Morrison, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The former North Dakota governor and onetime 2024 presidential aspirant cleared the Senate in a 79-18 vote.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspirant
Noun
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The firm often watches companies for many years before investing and has an extensive stable of impressive board candidates.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Cleveland Cavaliers moved on from him and hired Kenny Atkinson as head coach, but Bickerstaff remains a Coach of the Year candidate for resuscitating one of the NBA’s dormant franchises.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The program provides forgivable loans for down payments and closing costs to qualified applicants to smooth the path to homeownership.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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In a tight labor market, companies offered retirement savings as an incentive to applicants.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Aspirant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspirant. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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