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noun

nomination

CEFR B2

the act of officially naming a candidate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with nomination, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her nomination for best supporting actress arrived after four decades of steady work in small independent films.

    Movies

  • The senate committee spent three days questioning the judge before her nomination to the appeals court advanced.

    Law

  • The band learned of its nomination from a phone alert during soundcheck and nearly missed the opening song.

    Music

  • She won the party's nomination on the third ballot, after two rivals withdrew and threw their delegates behind her.

    Politics

  • The nomination for the Booker Prize doubled the novel's sales overnight, though the bookseller had stocked only four copies.

    Literature

  • The firm's nomination for the national prize came for a library, its first public building after a decade of houses.

    Architecture

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