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The phrase "acceptable candidate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a person who meets the necessary qualifications or standards for a particular role or position.
Example: "After reviewing all the applications, we have identified several acceptable candidates for the job."
Alternatives: "suitable applicant" or "qualified individual".
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We advise boards not to stop their search with one acceptable candidate.
His people tout him as the most acceptable candidate to the broadest range of Republicans.
Trying to win the presidency by nominating an acceptable candidate seems to be an alien concept.
It is simply that finding the right, politically acceptable, candidate should be given both time and serious thought.
Conservatives from House majority leader Paul Ryan to Fox News's Megyn Kelly have met cordially with Trump, signaling that he's an acceptable candidate.
Walid told me later that Putin had assured Rabbani that he was the most acceptable candidate for the Presidency and had encouraged him not to support the King.
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In Vietnam a way was found of quietly agreeing on acceptable candidates.
A council of clerics announced a final list of acceptable candidates only the day before the campaign began.
Both of Beijing's "acceptable" candidates have so much muck on their faces that their credibility has been severely damaged.
The speaker of Parliament even suggested that the two sides sit down together to devise a list of acceptable candidates for the powerful body.
Both Mr. Tang and his main rival in the campaign, CY Leung, the former senior member of the Legislative Council, are viewed by the mainland establishment as acceptable candidates.
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