entrant

noun

Definition of entrantnext
as in entry
a person who enters something (such as a competition) Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules. There were thousands of new entrants into the competition.

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Recent Examples of entrant Over the years, competition has built from new entrants to the luxury hotel market in Como, but its hold on guests might have something to do with the Buchers’ attention to service. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Skin in the game Another entrant in last year's startup contest pitched a biotech company that helps people track their exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays and potentially detect skin cancer earlier. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The private-label gap tends to close quickly, and early entrants often undercut the brand that proved the category. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 Like that vaunted executive dining room, a sense of exclusivity will set all three of the new entrants apart. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrant
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  1. entry
  2. competitor
  3. contestant
  4. candidate
  5. recruit
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  • Deppert built seats in a barn to accommodate about 100 people and sold tickets for less than the Wolverines charged for entry into Recreation Park.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of entry
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  • When attorneys transact a merger between two retail giants like Albertsons and Kroger, a standard strategy to address anticompetitive concerns is to spin off a new competitor.
    — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The challenge is to broaden a brand’s appeal without diluting the characteristics that distinguish it from competitors.
    — Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of competitor
Noun
  • Across its 35-season tenure, Dancing With the Stars has only had one All-Star season full of returning contestants.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This year, correspondent Luke Burbank attended the 65th annual competition, in which contestants were of a particularly slimy variety.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of contestant
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  • After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But most of the likely Democratic candidates simply don’t agree that a genocide happened in Gaza, and reject the question’s premise.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of candidate
Noun
  • The Horned Frogs will need Hayward’s pass rushing expertise to harass Baylor junior quarterback DJ Lagway, a former five-star recruit that transferred in from Florida.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
  • At, 6-foot-3, 175 pounds, Marshall is a four-star recruit with 16 Power Four offers, according to 247Sports.
    — PJ Green October 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruit

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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrant. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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