How to Use semifinal in a Sentence

semifinal

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• Each of the five seeded teams in the class could prove frisky come semifinal time.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
• Both teams won their semifinal games by scores of 1-0.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• The top eight skaters from each of the two semifinal races advance to the medal event.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
• These are the first with a semifinal and final at neutral sites.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Their semifinal test was much, much closer.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
• There’s an Olympic semifinal match.
  — Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
• The top eight skaters in each semifinal advance to the final.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
• See our full semifinal preview here.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• On Wednesday, both teams won their semifinal games.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
• The semifinal round will be played on Friday, with the times of each game to be announced.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
• For each semifinal game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
• Even the bronze medal match, a consolation for the semifinal losers, was thrilling.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
• What an awesome semifinal game.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2026
• Sinner and Zverev will meet in the other men’s semifinal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• So will the semifinal be any different?
  — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Tickets for the two semifinal games are going for $122 a seat.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 27 Mar. 2023
• India had to win to overtake South Africa for the last semifinal spot.
  — ABC News, 28 June 2026
• There are two semifinal games, with the winners of those matchups meeting in the championship.
  — Craig Meyer, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• Here are the five players fans should keep an eye on during this year’s heavyweight semifinal showdowns.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
• The deal Argyle got instead was a pretty sweet one, though the stings of a state semifinal loss may linger.
  — Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Both are favorites to win semifinal games Friday in Naples.
  — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
• This will be Braswell’s first state semifinal appearance.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
• With a win, Decatur will make its first state semifinal appearance.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
• Pope Francis will again contend after last year’s state semifinal trip.
  — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
• The semifinal game of the men's hockey tournament takes place today.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
• Friday’s semifinal matchups will determine who moves on to the final.
  — Ryan Gaydos , Patrick Ward, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• The United States will take the deep semifinal exhale.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
• The two winning teams from the semifinal games will meet in the championship game the following night.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
• The semifinal losers will try to muster the energy to put on a show in the third-place game on Saturday.
  — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• That would be after a potential all-time semifinal matchup with three-time reigning Div.
  — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026

semifinal

2 of 2 noun

• Let’s hope this one is as good as last night’s semifinal.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• Let’s hope they get washed out in the semifinals next week.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• See which spots advanced and how to vote in the semifinals here.
  — Erin Munz, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 26 Mar. 2026
• Sachse will play Keller in the semifinal.
  — Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 31 Mar. 2026
• The top four teams will advance to the semifinals.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
• For the four-time World champs, semifinals-or-bust used to be the norm.
  — Andy Clayton, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
• The men's semifinals gave us some close racing.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
• Here is the schedule for the semifinals.
  — Chip Saye, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• Huarte also won a tiebreaker in the first set in the semifinals.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
• Feeney and company then ran out the clock to move on to the semifinals.
  — Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
• Eastview fell to Rogers in the semifinals a year ago.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
• Meanwhile, the men's semifinals are up next.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
• The two teams will face off again in the semifinals tomorrow.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
• Barcelona is aiming to reach the semifinals for a second straight year.
  — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
• Eight one-off semifinals are followed by four finals next week.
  — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Poeschl has been on both sides of the equation in these thrilling semifinals and finals over the years.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
• The two fastest from each semifinal — plus the two next-best times — move on to the six-racer final.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• The semifinals will be played Monday evening.
  — Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
• Uso will take on Je’Von Evans in the semifinals.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
• Beat mighty Australia to reach the semifinals.
  — ABC News, 25 June 2026
• Flair will take on Liv Morgan in the semifinals.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
• Canada's lone win came in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics.
  — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
• The second East semifinal will be the battle of the corn.
  — John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Rio Mesa had to forfeit the win and Saugus took its place in the semifinals.
  — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026
• The first round will be $8, but the semifinals and finals will be $10.
  — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
• Four of those matches will be knock-out stage games, including one of the semifinals.
  — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 1 June 2026
• Those skills were all on display during France’s run to the semifinals.
  — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• Spain’s first goal in the semifinal came off a critical mistake.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
• Did anyone watch the semifinal?
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
• But France just lost to Spain in the semifinals, getting good and shut out in the process.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026