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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Moss has thrown for 1,929 yards, 11 touchdowns and six interceptions, and he was named last week among the 10 finalists for the Johnny United Golden Arm Award, honoring the nation’s top upperclassman college QB.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
There was plenty of that on Saturday night, as the Blackhawks played a solid road game against the two-time Stanley Cup finalists.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The cohort of grand slam champions and finalists exchanged their tennis kits for designer threads and accessories for the photo session, lensed by Yemeni-Egyptian-American artist Yumna Al-Arashi at Bab AlSaad, a cultural retreat in the historic district of Diriyah.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
There was plenty of that on Saturday night, as the Blackhawks played a solid road game against the two-time Stanley Cup finalists.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The cohort of grand slam champions and finalists exchanged their tennis kits for designer threads and accessories for the photo session, lensed by Yemeni-Egyptian-American artist Yumna Al-Arashi at Bab AlSaad, a cultural retreat in the historic district of Diriyah.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finalist. Accessed 9 Nov. 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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