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also-rans

noun

plural of also-ran
1
as in losers

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as in entrants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also-rans
  1. losers
  2. entrants
  3. disappointments
  4. entries
  5. dogs
  6. players
  7. washouts
  8. duds
Noun
  • Olivia Miles scored 20 points to lead Minnesota, losers of three straight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest losers right now are truckload carriers, especially small firms or owner-operators.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • That’s five major entrants choosing banking infrastructure as their on-ramp into regulated onchain finance, alongside Coinbase choosing exchange infrastructure as its own.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Cold water and hot rooms alone may not be enough to differentiate new entrants.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrants
Noun
  • There will be early disappointments, like the rough start the Dolphins (0-2) got off to in road losses to the Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Two weeks into this season, the Bucks are one of the NFL's biggest disappointments.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of disappointments
Noun
  • Experiment with possible emphases of this puzzle’s revealer, at 55A, to make sense of the grid’s three themed entries.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The same July 20 entries show sales of between $1 million and $5 million of Oracle, along with purchases that included between $500,001 and $1 million of Nvidia.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • The 24-hour fitness center has state-of-the-art machines, and dogs are welcome for a $75 fee per stay.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The curious case of the Flynn’s two pet dogs in the nighttime also provided key evidence, much like in the famed Sherlock Holmes story.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of dogs
Noun
  • Data he and his colleagues published last month in the BMJ suggests at least one in four former National Football League (NFL) players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE—Nowinski says this is an underestimate.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • At the new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, Simpson, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was left off the team's new Wall of Fame, which honors the greatest players in team history.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of players
Noun
  • Officials said special attention will be given to gravel roads that could be susceptible to washouts and erosion.
    — Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of washouts
Noun
  • Some of the past winners have turned out to be total sales duds.
    — Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Can’t wait to see where Ritchie — whose had his fair share of duds — and James are heading next.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of duds
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“Also-rans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/also-rans. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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