How to Use entrant in a Sentence
entrant
noun- Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.
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As a wild-card entrant to the playoffs, then, the Dodgers drew the fourth seed.
—New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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In the men’s 3,000, last-minute entrant Woody Kincaid will be one to watch.
—Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
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The Challenge Award winner may be any of the 35 entrants.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
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As the newest entrant, he was assigned to sleep on the floor next to the toilet.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
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If the playoffs were today, the Saints (5-2) would be in as a wild-card entrant.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
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Park was not the only entrant discussing poa and the Aviara greens.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
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Again, for a new entrant, that would be a very helpful boost.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Every entrant won some kind of prize this year, thanks to the sponsors.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
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So here’s the full All-Weather List with the new entrants below.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
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The Weeknd manages to score one of three new entrants inside the top 10 on the iTunes songs ranking.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Prior Lake has now been a state entrant in three of the past four seasons.
—Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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The portal is currently closed to new entrants but will re-open in the spring.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
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Their last new entrant inside the highest tier on the tally came to them back in 1996.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Fun fact: The match can be a true test of endurance for early entrants.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
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Eddie Kingston, who might have been the most over man in this match, was the final entrant in Blood and Guts.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 29 June 2022
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The prizes are time-seeded and the first entrant to submit their details at the correct time wins the prize.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 2 June 2021
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The first will be for lower-cost missions and will be open to a plethora of new entrants.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
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The turnover has allowed some new entrants to open up shop in the neighborhood.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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Chili must be the entrant’s own homemade recipe and must fill a full-size crockpot.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2019
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The next entrant in a parade of robots to the Moon has begun its journey.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 14 July 2023
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Chehock, an attorney who works in San Diego, is the newest entrant in the race.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
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Thus was born Zingeroo, a new entrant on the mobile app stock-trading scene.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
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Then again, there was just one mushroom entrant this year: her.
—Scott Calvert, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022
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Honoree status is awarded to the top 20% of the thousands of entrants.
—The Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 28 Apr. 2020
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Spring ball should be a fight with the largest crop of early entrants in memory.
—Greg Moore, azcentral, 23 Nov. 2019
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The entrants sit 8 to 10 feet off the ground, holding sticks or tubes that have foam, a boxing glove, or a tennis ball taped at the end.
—Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 3 Aug. 2019
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The former Steele star has declared for the 2021 NFL draft as an early entrant.
—Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 30 Nov. 2020
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Unlike last year, when a few entrants dropped out because of the weather, this year every entrant showed up.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Colyer marks the latest entrant into what is expected to be a crowded Republican field.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2025
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