(n.) One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Formerly, many patients in this category were considered either inoperable or candidates for total or partial nephrectomy.
(2) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
(3) Both former presidents Bush have said they will sit out the 2016 campaign, as has former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
(4) Both Types I and II collagen are important constituents of the affected tissues, and thus defective collagens are reasonable candidates for the primary abnormality in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
(5) Eighty four colorectal cancer patients who underwent presumably curative surgery were considered as candidates for control recurrence study.
(6) Leading clinical candidates have emerged from Smith Kline and French, Lilly, Merck-Frosst, ICI-Stuart and other groups.
(7) Treatment failures tend to occur early in the course of follow-up, permitting easy identification of candidates for alternative therapeutic approaches.
(8) Henderson was given permission to join Fulham when Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield in 2012 but has since developed into an important asset for the Liverpool manager, to the extent that the 24-year-old is the leading candidate to succeed Steven Gerrard as club captain when the 34-year-old leaves for LA Galaxy.
(9) All 17 candidates are going to be participating in debate night and I think that’s a wonderful opportunity Reince Priebus Republican party officials have defended the decision to limit participation, pointing out that the chasing pack will get a chance to debate separately before the main event.
(10) Candidates for a counselor-training program (136 Ss; 86% women; average age 44 yr.) took the GAIT in 18 groups and completed written forms for staff screening.
(11) Previously, we identified a candidate gene, Tcp-10b, whose t allele generates alternatively spliced transcripts.
(12) It is released into the urine in large quantities and thus represents a potential candidate for a protein secreted in a polarized fashion from the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells in vivo.
(13) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(14) A questionnaire was presented to 2009 18--19 year old military recruitment candidates which enabled assessment of antipathy towards patients with severe acne vulgaris, the occupational handicap associated with severe acne and subjective inhibitions in acne patients.
(15) It will not be so low as to put off candidates from outside the corporation but will be substantially less than Thompson's £671,000 annual remuneration – in line with Patten's desire to clamp down on BBC executive pay, which he said had become a "toxic issue".
(16) The best compound was trans-alpha-[[(4-bromotetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl) amino]methyl]-2-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-ethanol (18), which, due to its activity and log P value, is a candidate for additional in vivo studies.
(17) Copolymer 1 (Cop 1) is a synthetic basic random copolymer of amino acids that has been shown to be effective in suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and has been proposed as a candidate drug for multiple sclerosis.
(18) The performance of candidates on the geriatric medicine items on the American Board of Internal Medicine's 1980, 1981, and 1982 Certifying Examinations was analyzed.
(19) Psychological risk factors predicted donor candidates' decisions to participate and their compliance but were not predictive (within the group that completed a cycle) of donor satisfaction as follow-up or recipient pregnancy.
(20) It was not just that there was only one female candidate – Berger – across four contests.
Candlestick
Definition:
(n.) An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
Example Sentences:
(1) After running the 49ers close at Candlestick Park last weekend, they are giving Carolina everything they’ve got here at the Georgia Dome, Matt Ryan hitting Roddy White down the seam for a 39-yard score.
(2) Aaron grew up in Chico, California, a giant hop, skip and puddle jump from Candlestick Park.
(3) "Candlestick Park is an incredible venue, with great fans, so to be out there playing my first game a year after taking part in the Olympics was pretty amazing."
(4) Updated at 6.30am GMT 4.34am GMT 49ers 45 - Packers 31, 0:56 4th quarter San Francisco hang on to the kick and the 49ers are moments from victory at Candlestick Park.
(5) San Francisco split two games with their division rivals this season, winning at Candlestick Park but losing in Seattle.
(6) The Quakes were fortunate enough to play the last competitive match at the San Francisco 49ers‘ old home, Candlestick Park.
(7) The "candlestick" maneuver still is the most reliable clinical triggering maneuver.
(8) A year ago, in the divisional playoffs vs the Packers at Candlestick Park, Kaepernick was a kid with a chip on his shoulder.
(9) Opinionated butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, hacks, artists and pornographers, impresarios and charlatans were now the protagonists in a roiling landscape of new ideas and opportunities.
(10) San Francisco’s opponents in the divisional playoff round, Carolina, had beaten them 10-9 at Candlestick Park in week 10.
(11) Instead, their smaller stores have enabled us to make shopping for food a small part of some other excursion – to meet a friend for a drink, walk the dog, go to the hairdresser or the gym, go – heaven forfend – to the butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker as well.
(12) • Simple arrangements of white lilies and greenery will be at the foot of the lectern and candlestick.
(13) Doppler technique located the "branched candlestick" along the thalamostriate arteries.
(14) "We're free to sell anything today," said Van Bavel offering an old pair of candlesticks and an unwanted picture frame.
(15) Here’s another stadium food suggestion from Twitter: Dave Moss (@DM0SS) @Paolo_Bandini - The garlic fries at Candlestick cannot be beaten January 11, 2014 I’ll have to take your word for it.
(16) If this were baseball I'd make a "candlesticks are always a great gift" joke.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson at Candlestick Park.
(18) The USA have been training at Stanford University over the past couple of weeks, and they're at Candlestick Park in San Francisco tonight, where they’ll be taking on Azerbaijan.
(19) However, he also came away with a pair of Royal Crown Derby candlesticks and a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets contained in a specially commissioned leather and gilt box, made by the Royal Bindery.
(20) Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoCSN) There's still a chance Candlestick Park has not seen its final game.