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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 entrants
With more entrants comes more capital and with that, more data, more liquidity, and better pricing.
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Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Since its invention in Idaho almost a decade ago, direct admissions has spread to university systems in nine states, including four new entrants in 2024—Texas, Wisconsin, Utah, and South Dakota.
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The industry’s unique demands impose other constraints on would-be-entrants as well, including the fact that hospitals don’t shut down for maintenance.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The $5 million event is an invitational that awards hundreds of recreational players from around the world an opportunity to compete for a huge payoff against poker pros, content creators and other lucky entrants for a $1 million first place prize.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The event took off two years ago with 2,360 entrants and shattered the $15 million guarantee with a nearly $30 million prize pool.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Now in its 12th year, the 2024 edition was compiled and written by Food critic Bill Addison and columnist Jenn Harris, and features 27 new entrants.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The security market continues to grow at a torrid pace, and new entrants jump in seemingly daily.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Last night saw the release of Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s new hero shooter in a landscape that seems poised to kill all new entrants.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Since its invention in Idaho almost a decade ago, direct admissions has spread to university systems in nine states, including four new entrants in 2024—Texas, Wisconsin, Utah, and South Dakota.
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The industry’s unique demands impose other constraints on would-be-entrants as well, including the fact that hospitals don’t shut down for maintenance.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The $5 million event is an invitational that awards hundreds of recreational players from around the world an opportunity to compete for a huge payoff against poker pros, content creators and other lucky entrants for a $1 million first place prize.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The event took off two years ago with 2,360 entrants and shattered the $15 million guarantee with a nearly $30 million prize pool.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Now in its 12th year, the 2024 edition was compiled and written by Food critic Bill Addison and columnist Jenn Harris, and features 27 new entrants.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The security market continues to grow at a torrid pace, and new entrants jump in seemingly daily.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Last night saw the release of Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s new hero shooter in a landscape that seems poised to kill all new entrants.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrants
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An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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The team whittled the entries down to a selection of 45, which were then put to a judging panel that selected the overall winner as well as nine category winners.Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The companies argued that their top competitors were not conventional supermarkets but food behemoths like Walmart, Costco, Amazon and even dollar stores.Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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These developments suggest that while NVIDIA has been instrumental in advancing AI hardware, its position is increasingly challenged by both regulatory pressures and emerging competitors.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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With owner Woody Johnson leading the general manager and coaching hires, the Jets need to find candidates who can help them eliminate the loser gene that wide receiver Garrett Wilson said the team might have during his postgame press conference on Sunday.Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Will the Bears make the right choice from candidates who fit that profile?Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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In a rare double-down, Bublé was also the only coach to have two contestants make it into the top five, as well as boasting the top two finishers thanks to his other contestant, Shye, coming in as runner-up.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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The rest of the contestants and the coaches reacted joyfully, including Stefani, who could be seen twirling in a gown.Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Entrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrants. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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