: one that enters
especially
: one that enters a contest
Examples of entrant in a Sentence
Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.
new entrants into a highly competitive field
Recent Examples on the Web
The Idea of You, a new romantic comedy starring Anne Hathaway, is the latest entrant in this genre.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Here are Arizona's entrants on the new Forbes global billionaires list, with wealth totals estimated as of March 8.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
Dillard isn’t listed among the entrants at Arcadia, but new state leader Rickey Green of Sacramento Inderkum, who clocked a 13.70 at the Stanford Invitational, is in the field.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
The joint statement — from the entrants who will represent Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Switzerland and the United Kingdom — comes a little more than a month before this year’s edition of the pop extravaganza in May.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
High costs mean these galleries continue to dominate the space, create barriers for new entrants and enjoy an outsized share of the art sector's profits.
—Pearl Lam, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
But then, if that leadership fails or gets things wrong or changes, then there’s other options and people can vote with their feet and go over to the better option, and new entrants can come in and provide another example of doing something differently, doing it better.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
The project is one of tens of thousands undertaken in Hungary under programs funded by the European Union to help narrow the economic gap between the bloc’s richer, original members in the west and newer entrants, particularly those in the east.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Since 2010, Series Mania has grown in synch with the world’s fast-ramping premium cable TV, and then U.S. feeding frenzy for high-end drama, powerful new OTT entrants, and a content-creation reaction among incumbent TV operators and new SVOD players around the world.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Here are Arizona's entrants on the new Forbes global billionaires list, with wealth totals estimated as of March 8.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
Dillard isn’t listed among the entrants at Arcadia, but new state leader Rickey Green of Sacramento Inderkum, who clocked a 13.70 at the Stanford Invitational, is in the field.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
The joint statement — from the entrants who will represent Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Switzerland and the United Kingdom — comes a little more than a month before this year’s edition of the pop extravaganza in May.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
High costs mean these galleries continue to dominate the space, create barriers for new entrants and enjoy an outsized share of the art sector's profits.
—Pearl Lam, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
But then, if that leadership fails or gets things wrong or changes, then there’s other options and people can vote with their feet and go over to the better option, and new entrants can come in and provide another example of doing something differently, doing it better.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
The project is one of tens of thousands undertaken in Hungary under programs funded by the European Union to help narrow the economic gap between the bloc’s richer, original members in the west and newer entrants, particularly those in the east.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Since 2010, Series Mania has grown in synch with the world’s fast-ramping premium cable TV, and then U.S. feeding frenzy for high-end drama, powerful new OTT entrants, and a content-creation reaction among incumbent TV operators and new SVOD players around the world.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrant. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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entrant
noun
en·trant
ˈen-trənt 
: one that enters
especially
: one that enters a contest
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