as in competitor
one who strives for the same thing as another
three contestants will compete on live TV for the cash prize
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Recent Examples of contestant
Members of Good Good Golf will be featured throughout, including Brad Dalke and Sean Walsh as two of the 12 contestants, Matt Scharff as co-host and Garrett Clark and Bubbie Broders as non-playing team captains.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
None of the contestants was eliminated during the Dedication Night week.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The series will feature a group of contestants facing physical and mental challenges to collect clues before stepping into a real-life game of deduction and deception.
—Peter White, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
All four coaches’ teams are officially locked in for next week’s Battles, which will undoubtedly see the departures of several fan favorite contestants.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
None of the contestants was eliminated during the Dedication Night week.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The series will feature a group of contestants facing physical and mental challenges to collect clues before stepping into a real-life game of deduction and deception.
—Peter White, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
All four coaches’ teams are officially locked in for next week’s Battles, which will undoubtedly see the departures of several fan favorite contestants.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contestant
Noun
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On the surface, Çiftlik Bank—Turkish for Farm Bank—was little more than a FarmVille rip-off; the functionality for tending to digital crops and livestock was lifted more or less straight from their competitor.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bessent was questioned by Democrats and some Republicans for his support, in the context of Argentina being a competitor to the US in exporting soybeans to China.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The new product casts OpenAI as a contender in this generation’s brewing browser wars.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Since debuting at the Venice Film Festival, the film has been tapped as a major Oscar contender.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Absent replacing party sinecurists with able, energetic people, nothing can keep candidates from adopting this agenda on their own—as some younger primary challengers of Democratic incumbents are already starting to do.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jorgensen was elected to the council in 2021 and is seeking a second term against five challengers.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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American has fallen behind large rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in the post-Covid luxury travel boom that has taken Seoul spa vacations and 40th birthday bashes abroad out of the chat and armed millions of consumers with high-end rewards credit cards.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Analysts say his intervention stopped escalating hostilities, though tensions persist in what remains a fragile, ongoing cold conflict between the longtime regional rivals.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Contestant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contestant. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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