How to Use applicant in a Sentence

applicant

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  • We interviewed 30 qualified applicants for the job.
  • One of the most important qualities for any applicant will be a thick skin.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • First and foremost, a potential applicant must be a hard worker.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • In any case, an applicant’s odds of receiving an offer can be diminished by a headshot that doesn’t match the picture in the boss’s mind.
    — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • So the district opened its nonteaching positions to students, who could apply like any adult applicant.
    — Leticia Miranda, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • To be considered a Type C applicant, a location must hold both a valid liquor permit and lottery sales agent license.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The only requirement for membership in the club was that the applicant not be a person of conventional opinion.
    — Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The 30-second spot featured the white hands of a frustrated job applicant crumpling a rejection letter.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022
  • One applicant was a doctor, although that person was deemed unqualified by the department of human resources.
    — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Lewis, who has 8.5 career sacks, is probably the most accomplished applicant for that role on the inside next to Buckner.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022
  • If the applicant does not already have a pre-existing professional network, joining the Trump team is an excellent opportunity to build one.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The city said it had been approached with the plan by an unnamed applicant.
    — Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The applicant can then select one of the options to move forward with.
    — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Anthony Ori of the 700 block of Hastings Street was the applicant for the amendment to the zoning code.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Half of the applicants face denial, sometimes more than once.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
  • To qualify for the subsidy, an applicant must be at least 55 years old and the head of household.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The applicant is named as Apple Inc, though not much else is revealed.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Hrvatin said the other woman applicant is in the background check phase.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Get clear on what sets you apart from fellow applicants.
    — Dr. Kyle Elliott, Mpa, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But some applicants could need to answer as few as 18 questions and be able to do so in less than 10 minutes.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Most of those applicants likely purchased their homes in the past two years, when rates rose sharply from the record lows seen in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Mayor Steve Vaus moved that an appointment be made with the proviso that the applicants sign a pledge not to run in the next election.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The San Diego couple was the sole consumption lounge applicant.
    — Tammy Murgareporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • At the end of two years, an applicant can renew their resident permit for a three-year term.
    — Chrishan Wright, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The scholarship funds part of the application process to a business school of the applicants choosing.
    — Matt Symonds, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Two out-of-state applicants had been issued vouchers so far.
    — Juliette Rihl, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The firearms safety course requires an in-person demonstration that the applicant has knowledge of how to load and fire a weapon.
    — oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2022
  • More than half of its recent applicants had a weight-loss focus on their website.
    — Julia Ingram, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • But after a housing applicant receives a conditional approval, a landlord could only then consider their criminal record if the offense was arson, human trafficking or any other felony conviction within the past year.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But starting in 2017, the vast majority of applicants were rejected because of complicated and little-known eligibility rules.
    — Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024

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