Examples of finalist in a Sentence
They interviewed all of the finalists before making a decision.
a finalist in the tennis tournament
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Tejasvi's finalist presentation of Shield Seniors at the Texas High School Ideas Challenge, hosted by the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship, Texas A&M.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
There, the four finalists will craft their most innovative concoctions for a panel of discerning judges—and compete for some seriously impressive prizes, including a trip for two to Barbados + private educational tour of Foursquare Distillery.
—Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
All That Dies in April was a finalist for the Tigre Juan Award 2022 and is her first work to be published in English.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
There, the four finalists will craft their most innovative concoctions for a panel of discerning judges—and compete for some seriously impressive prizes, including a trip for two to Barbados + private educational tour of Foursquare Distillery.
—Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
All That Dies in April was a finalist for the Tigre Juan Award 2022 and is her first work to be published in English.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finalist. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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finalist
noun
fi·nal·ist
ˈfīn-ᵊl-əst 
: a contestant in the finals of a competition
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