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a person who enters something (such as a competition)
Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules. There were thousands of new entrants into the competition.
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Recent Examples of entrant
The six-string guitar—another popular template for Guthman entrants—dates to 1779.
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Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Fun fact: The match can be a true test of endurance for early entrants.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
In a preview of Sunday’s All-Star mini-tournament, the Rising Stars group also was divided into three squads with a fourth entrant comprised of G League players completing the bracket.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Perhaps unsurprisingly, various entrants on the list have been the subject of past De Los stories (LA Libreria, Avocado Heights Vaquer@s) or have served as the setting for them (Eastern Projects, Latino Theater Company).
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Fun fact: The match can be a true test of endurance for early entrants.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
In a preview of Sunday’s All-Star mini-tournament, the Rising Stars group also was divided into three squads with a fourth entrant comprised of G League players completing the bracket.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Perhaps unsurprisingly, various entrants on the list have been the subject of past De Los stories (LA Libreria, Avocado Heights Vaquer@s) or have served as the setting for them (Eastern Projects, Latino Theater Company).
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrant
Noun
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Traffic is at a standstill on the way to an entry point, and Trent stops by a couple’s car and asks for their IDs.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
4 Mar. 2025
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After several years of requiring visitors to obtain highly coveted advance reservations during peak seasons, this popular California park, which routinely hosts more than half a million people per month during the summer, is indefinitely suspending its timed entry system.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But after years of explosive growth, craft brewers have struggled in the post-pandemic landscape amid a glut of competitors, with a number of high-profile brewery and taproom closings in the Chicago area.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Their past work includes assisting Joann in buying former competitor, House of Fabrics, in the late 1990s and helping increase the retailer's store footprints from 2006 to 2016.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So at the end of the day, the biggest challenge for us is to figure out whether a contestant is really genuine.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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What's happening: The Royal Sonesta asked me to be one of four contestants for Greasing of the Poles.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Another high-profile candidate would be Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko who has also defied Zelensky on a few occasions throughout the war.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Dugin simultaneously advised the candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who wanted to invade Ukraine and even go to war with NATO, to win back the Soviet Empire.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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Etheridge helped recruit numerous blue-chip recruits at his last Power 4 job — which was at his alma mater, Auburn.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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Trump was ultimately forced to revise that proposal, banning new transgender recruits but allowing existing trans troops to stay in the military.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrant. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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