Noun

(en noun)

A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.

A participant in an examination.

Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.

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, title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}

Synonym for candidate gene.