: 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
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Associate Casting Director entrants must have had meaningful, creative impact.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
While the risk from new entrants in the defense industry remains high, the analyst believes that Lockheed Martin's strong portfolio will enable it to continue to win its fair market share.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
Miami has won three straight playoff games after having been a controversial entrant in the first place.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
The list shows a comprehensive landscape of companies founded just 30 years after the country itself (Colgate-Palmolive in 1806) as well as 21st century entrants (OpenAI in 2015), many of which are already internationally recognized.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
While the risk from new entrants in the defense industry remains high, the analyst believes that Lockheed Martin's strong portfolio will enable it to continue to win its fair market share.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
Miami has won three straight playoff games after having been a controversial entrant in the first place.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
The list shows a comprehensive landscape of companies founded just 30 years after the country itself (Colgate-Palmolive in 1806) as well as 21st century entrants (OpenAI in 2015), many of which are already internationally recognized.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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entrant
noun
en·trant
ˈen-trənt 
: one that enters
especially
: one that enters a contest
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