How to Use semifinal in a Sentence

semifinal

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• The Jaguars beat Opp 45-42 in the other semifinal game.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 18 Feb. 2023
• The girls fell to Lake Nona in the regional semifinal 11-6.
  — Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• The semifinal games will be played to a target score of 40 while the championship will be played to 25.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
• Boynton Beach cruised past Davie 28-14 in the semifinal game to advance to the finals.
  — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• Tickets for the two semifinal games are going for $122 a seat.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 27 Mar. 2023
• With the results of the semifinal games played Tuesday, the final of the Leagues Cup 2023 and the third-place match are set for Saturday.
  — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The tournament consisted of four games, with two semifinal games played to a score of 40 and the final game played to a score of 25.
  — Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2023
• The Woodlands beat Austin Westlake 13-10 in the other semifinal game.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• There are two semifinal games, with the winners of those matchups meeting in the championship.
  — Craig Meyer, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• Hooters will be open from 11 a.m. to the end of the last College Football Playoff semifinal game.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2022
• Alabama moved up a spot to No. 5 but missed the semifinal round for only the second time in the nine years of this format.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 Dec. 2022
• On their way to last year’s title, the Buccaneers knocked off Hereford, 13-3, in the semifinal round.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
• Chatard and Cathedral will play in the first semifinal game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Tech.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2023
• His first pass of the game was intercepted by the Central Catholic Rams in a playoff semifinal game.
  — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
• Lawrence North put away North Central early in the second half on its away to a 73-53 win in Friday’s first semifinal game.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2024
• He was fired after the Suns were eliminated for the second straight year in a semifinal blowout on their home court.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
• His best season came in 2021 when the Bearcats went to the Cotton Bowl in the national semifinal game against Alabama.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2023
• First, there is a semifinal pass, which includes tickets to both Final Four games.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• Last year, the Sockers needed to win twice after losing to the Chihuahua Savage in the first game of their semifinal series.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
• The point guard returned to action in the semifinal round Friday after missing two games with a left foot injury.
  — Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2022
• Morocco still made history at the tournament, becoming the first African team to make it to the semifinal round of a World Cup.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 17 Dec. 2022
• Williams clocked a season-best 10.03 seconds to place third in his semifinal heat and sneak into the final with the eighth of nine qualifying spots.
  — oregonlive, 8 June 2023
• Coming off a state semifinal appearance, Longview bounced back from a Week 1 loss to McKinney and won its last three.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• During that span, the Red Devils have reached the semifinal round of the Marion County tournament three times.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
• The other Open semifinal game will comprise of two double-digit seeds.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
• JK Dobbins suffered an ankle injury during the 2019 semifinal loss to Clemson, but returned to the game and played through it.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• The semifinal winners meet in the final at 5:15 p.m. Sunday at Snapdragon.
  — Damian Calhoun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
• Following her semifinal win, Corey came running down to the box celebrate with his wife and his daughter's team.
  — Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2023
• The only other player who advanced to the semifinal stage in his first year was running back Tiki Barber.
  — Josh Dubow, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023

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semifinal

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• In 2019, the Aces went to the playoffs and made the semifinals.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
• Canada's lone win came in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics.
  — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
• On Friday, Jabeur, the world No. 7 player, must beat Swiatek in the round-robin match to advance to the semifinals.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Four squads faced off in the semifinals, with the winners of those games competing in the final.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
• Swift opened her tour in nearby Glendale in March, and the team was knocked out of the semifinals two months later.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• That’s followed by the round of 16 on Nov. 19 and then the quarterfinals and semifinals.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• For Colleyville Heritage, their fate in the Class 5A state semifinals didn’t just come down to one game, but one play.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
• Biggest surprise: Megan Rapinoe comes off the bench late in the semifinals to score the game-winning goal.
  — Lindsay Schnell Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• The next generation of Gaels and Bears will be watching as the teams battle it out for a spot in the national semifinals.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• The red card means James will miss at least the quarterfinal and a potential semifinal.
  — John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• The third-place game is set for Miami, with semifinals in Dallas and Atlanta.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• Monday's episode of the America's Got Talent spinoff saw the first round of semifinals get off to an exciting start.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• For the first time since the 2014 season, Ponder made an appearance in the boys basketball state semifinals.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
• However, the first two days of the tournament, plus the first weekend, the semifinals, and finals will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.
  — Town & Country, 28 May 2023
• The Thorns already had been eliminated from the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup, while the Reign already had clinched a berth in the tournament semifinals.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
• Mount Miguel has won seven games in a row, including 37-6 over Santana in last week’s semifinal.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
• Birmingham will play King/Drew in the semifinals and Westchester will face Hamilton.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Argentina sealed their spot at the Gold Cup with a third-place finish at the last Copa América, but another run to the semifinals will be tough for them.
  — Neel Shelat, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The Matildas, meantime, have appeared in the quarterfinals before, but this is their first time making it to the semifinals.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
• Australia will play Sweden, which lost to Spain, 2-1, in the other semifinal, for third place Saturday in Brisbane.
  — John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• Alfonso announced that, based on the combination of viewer votes and the judges' scores, Harry and Rylee would be ones heading home just shy of the semifinals.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, Houston, which defeated the Utah Jazz in the other semifinal, has been perhaps the most exciting team in the summer league.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 17 July 2023
• In the semifinals, Medvedev had upset the defending champion, the wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz, playing the match of his life.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Next up for the Hawkeyes (34-4) is a rematch with unbeaten South Carolina, which lost to Iowa in last year's national semifinals.
  — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Medvedev earned the chance to stop him by knocking off defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Twelve Imperial wrestlers advanced to the semifinals, six earned spots in the finals and two made the long drive home to the Imperial Valley wearing gold medals.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• If that happened, Messi would presumably be in line to play in the matches that followed, including the Aug. 23 semifinal.
  — The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• Under the leadership of head coach Monte Pace, Heritage is undefeated ahead of the state semifinals.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
• In the semifinals, Gauff beat Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• Eli and his older brother Peyton, who are just one year apart, played on Guyer’s defense together last season during the team’s run to the state semifinals.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023

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