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propose that someone be offered a position, be a candidate, or receive an honor- The president nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission.
nominated = proposed that someone be offered a position, be a candidate, or receive an honor
- Howard, the year Al Smith was nominated, your father came to me and...Arthur Miller -- Death of a Salesman
- Mrs. Morrow'll keep thinking of him now as this very shy, modest guy that wouldn't let us nominate him for president.J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye
- nominate a committee
- And every morning the druggist rushed for the paper to see if his nomination were in it.Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- I've even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the youngest person ever.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- Na-: a prefix meaning "nominated" or "next in line."Frank Herbert -- Dune
- Why would they nominate me for homecoming court?Alex Flinn -- Beastly
- He retired soon after the vote, only to be nominated as a justice to the Supreme Court by the newly elected president, Ulysses S. Grant.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- The British Government will change the succession in Hilas and Bunar, and nominate new heirs to the throne.Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
- "But as they say at the Oscars, it's an honor to be nominated."Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
- Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie?William Shakespeare -- As You Like It
- Nominated, constituted, and appointed him.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- What imports the nomination of this gentleman?William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Singer-songwriter and actor LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III has recorded more than twenty albums and was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the 1980s.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- Already it was clear that, of the three of us, she was first in line for the Oscar nomination.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- He had won the Republican nomination for the presidency in the spring.Ann Petry -- Harriet Tubman
- When the nominated day arrived at last, we gathered in the Delf's stippled sunshine for what we fervently hoped wouldbe the last time.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- I was among fifteen *girls nominated to walk out for inspection by the assembled student body on voting day.Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
- But Norris himself scoffed at the latter reports: I have no expectation of being nominated for President.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
nominated = proposed that he be offered a position (to represent the political party)
nominate = propose that someone be a candidate
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
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