Candidate
Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
Usage example: each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum
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Entry
Entry noun - The entrance room of a building.
Candidate is a synonym for entry in effort topic. You can use "Candidate" instead a noun "Entry", if it concerns topics such as competitor, contestant.
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During the second week, Neku is feeling sorry for himself for losing Shiki as his entry fee and is immediately cut down by Joshua, who tells him that all Players are fighting for something precious and Neku's entry fee doesn't make him any more a deserving candidate to win the Game than anyone else.
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Properly Paranoid: As noted in the Villainous Breakdown entry below, Plagueis is shown to be mortified at the idea of Palpatine suggesting that Anakin Skywalker being made a Sith Candidate.
Source: Literature / Darth Plagueis
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