How to Use entrant in a Sentence

entrant

noun
  • Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.
  • As the newest entrant, he was assigned to sleep on the floor next to the toilet.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Each piece of work must be labeled on the back with the entrant’s name and phone number along with submitting an entry form.
    Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • And if market entrants don’t do its bidding, the company allegedly threatens them with high fees.
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Boston Beer was an early entrant in the seltzer market, launching Truly in 2016.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The news of Meyers’ latest comes as stand-up specials have found themselves in heavy demand, as new entrants like Hulu elbow into the marketplace.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
  • These make SM Entertainment an attractive conquest for a wealthy new entrant into the inner circle of the K-pop realm.
    Rebecca Souw, Variety, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Silicon Valley’s quest to make its own eyewear has its newest entrant, as Facebook unveiled today plans to sell glasses that would let people listen to music and take video.
    Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There were no nominees, just a one-step evaluation and voting procedure where there was an open discussion about each entrant's work, and a review of the merits of awarding an Emmy.
    Marcus Jones, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The banking sector has long been known for grinding hours that help weed out new entrants as part of the lengthy process of grooming future rainmakers, the men and women behind some of the world’s biggest merger and acquisition deals.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The one-step evaluation and voting procedure includes deliberations, open discussions of each entrant’s work and a thorough review of its merits.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Aug. 2021
  • As a wild-card entrant to the playoffs, then, the Dodgers drew the fourth seed.
    New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In the men’s 3,000, last-minute entrant Woody Kincaid will be one to watch.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The Challenge Award winner may be any of the 35 entrants.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • If the playoffs were today, the Saints (5-2) would be in as a wild-card entrant.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Park was not the only entrant discussing poa and the Aviara greens.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Every entrant won some kind of prize this year, thanks to the sponsors.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The Weeknd manages to score one of three new entrants inside the top 10 on the iTunes songs ranking.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The portal is currently closed to new entrants but will re-open in the spring.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Their last new entrant inside the highest tier on the tally came to them back in 1996.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Eddie Kingston, who might have been the most over man in this match, was the final entrant in Blood and Guts.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • The first will be for lower-cost missions and will be open to a plethora of new entrants.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The turnover has allowed some new entrants to open up shop in the neighborhood.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The next entrant in a parade of robots to the Moon has begun its journey.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 14 July 2023
  • Chehock, an attorney who works in San Diego, is the newest entrant in the race.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Thus was born Zingeroo, a new entrant on the mobile app stock-trading scene.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Then again, there was just one mushroom entrant this year: her.
    Scott Calvert, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The deal also gives YouTube a big entrant in the live sports game, which has become a bigger part of the streaming menu in the past two years.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Hornet is a new entrant in the Dodge lineup and sits below the mid-size Durango.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2023
  • There are a handful of entrants appearing for the first time on this year’s list, and a few have fallen off.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023

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