Usage of "nomination"

Spanish

nominación

An address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election.

nominación

Russian

Portuguese

Spanish

Catalan

Part of the process of selecting a candidate.

nominate

номинация

Synonyms

Examples for "nominating speech"

nominating speech
nominating address

Examples for "nominating speech"

Overnight is short notice, at that, for a man to get his nominating speech ready. 
 The Ramrodders: A Novel 

Pulcifer of Alameda, who made the nominating speech in the Assembly, was received with icy calmness. 
 Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 

But Stetson's nominating speech was received with no more enthusiasm than was that of the shifty Pulcifer. 
 Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 

Davis campaigned with Obama and even appeared at the 2008 Democratic National Convention to deliver the nominating speech. 
 Ebony 

There had been a storm of applause, lasting, I think, twenty-five minutes, at the close of Conkling's nominating speech. 
 Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 

When the nominating addresses were made, none was heard by the whole multitude but those by Conkling and Garfield. 
 McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 

Usage of nomination in English

He briefly ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year. 
 Reuters 

Members of the lower house of parliament will vote on Akhmetov's nomination. 
 Reuters 

The time from Ginsburg's nomination to confirmation, however, was just 42 days. 
 Reuters 

Quvenzhané Wallis is, however, looking shaky for best a best actress nomination. 
 The Irish Times 

What you need to know about Courtney SHE called her nomination 'surreal'. 
 News.com.au 

Without this guidance, the nomination process may devolve into its current state. 
 Wired 

Dublin TD Finian McGrath said he could no longer support the nomination. 
 The Irish Times 

He received a second nomination for best original screenplay for the film. 
 Radio NZ 

Senator Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic nomination in most national opinion polls. 
 Reuters 

Many say the nomination has given a much-needed voice to disabled people. 
 Reuters 

This matters because a win invariably points towards a best picture nomination. 
 The Irish Times 

However, the timing of the nomination could make confirmation in 2012 difficult. 
 Reuters 

Asked for her position on Kavanaugh's nomination, her campaign declined to comment. 
 Reuters 

Advocated in 1880 the nomination of General Grant to succeed President Hayes. 
 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu... 

Mr Obama will be in Denver this week accepting the Democratic nomination. 
 The Irish Times 

The fight split the party and made the Democratic presidential nomination worthless. 
 Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan... 