How to Use candidacy in a Sentence

candidacy

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  • He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal damaged his reputation.
  • The board candidacy of Iger, for one, got 96.7% of shares cast.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The deadline to file for school board candidacy is Feb. 9.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • During her candidacy last year, Karamo promised to lead the state through the 2024 election.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The pair recorded the message in support of Joe Biden’s candidacy.
    — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • There is more at stake in this election than my candidacy.
    — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But by then, even many of those around Mr. Scott believed his candidacy had already run its course.
    — Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • There was a time when scandal, the whiff of scandal, or even a simple gaffe was the kiss of death for a presidential candidacy.
    — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The news comes a day after Christie allies launched a super PAC to support his candidacy.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 31 May 2023
  • The court's order was filed 1:34 p.m. Tuesday, around the time the commission started to discuss the challenges to Rust's candidacy.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • My candidacy for Cleveland Clerk of Courts was based on shaking up the complacency that has set in over many years.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
  • History shows that these candidacies tend to fade by the time voters cast ballots.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The deadline to file for candidacy in the New Hampshire primary is Friday.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Knuth was the first candidate to throw his hat in the ring, announcing his candidacy in January.
    — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Milroe did nothing to hurt his candidacy for the full-time role Saturday night.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The move comes after Venezuela’s highest court upheld a ban on Machado's candidacy.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In the end, McCarthy managed to secure support for his candidacy.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Boal had a fondness for Pence but felt that Trump’s loyalists reviled him too much for his candidacy to succeed.
    — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
  • As soon as Trump declared his candidacy in 2015, that autopsy was dropped in the dustbin of history.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • At the end of the day, the political weather didn’t favor the former vice president’s candidacy.
    — The Editors, National Review, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Current board President Lynda O'Connor has not filed her candidacy; there are two seats to fill.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 30 July 2023
  • In the fall, breakout performances on the national debate stage gave her candidacy a jolt.
    — Jonathan Weisman Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And 63 percent of Democrats said their biggest concern about Mr. Biden’s candidacy was his age, mental acuity or health.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Her candidacy was, in some ways, an opportunity for Democrats to act on their frustration with the younger Cotham’s choice, observers said.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Dixon’s candidacy seemed all but assured for months ahead of her Thursday announcement.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The coming Haley-Scott battle in South Carolina could be brutal − if their candidacies last that long.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • Jordan’s plan means there will not be an immediate third vote on his candidacy.
    — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The commission quickly dismissed the challenge against Biden’s candidacy after the challenger did not appear for the hearing.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • His talk pleased a small Trump-skeptical crowd, but raised the big question about Christie’s candidacy: Where are all the other Republican voters?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • Although no single moment in the debate seems likely to substantially alter the course of the race, debates can buoy or sink candidacies.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024

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