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
This time, hoping to better control the crowd, it was decided to make the watch party ticketed and also to screen all entrants.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
That suggests that the combination of high home prices and elevated interest rates may be proving to be too much for many recent entrants into the market.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 June 2026
New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
By participating in this Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to be bound by Sponsor’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, hereby incorporated by reference.
—AJC.com, 8 June 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
That suggests that the combination of high home prices and elevated interest rates may be proving to be too much for many recent entrants into the market.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 June 2026
New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
By participating in this Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to be bound by Sponsor’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, hereby incorporated by reference.
—AJC.com, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrant
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An Iranian Football Federation official told The Athletic on Sunday that 11 staffers had been denied entry into the United States.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Other cabins are at ground level for entry, but the interiors are not maneuverable with a wheelchair easily.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Many competitors on Wall Street were thus gleeful when Citadel’s main fund fell by fifty-five per cent during the 2008 global financial crisis.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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That is certainly a significant ask in a world where a new competitor is a few lines of code away.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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In 2020, however, RuPaul's Drag Race — which airs on VH1, also a subsidiary of Paramount Skydance like CBS — opted to disqualify contestant Sherry Pie after allegations of catfishing surfaced.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Michaels supplied some contestants with caffeine pills, though caffeine was banned by the show's physician, Robert Huizenga.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Similar to congressional races, but unlike county-level elections, the top two vote-getters will advance to the November election regardless of whether either candidate wins a majority of the vote.—
Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Becerra, Hilton, and Steyer, a progressive billionaire entrepreneur and climate activist, survived amid a packed field of 61 gubernatorial candidates that took up a full page on a nearly two-foot-long ballot.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Cahillites senior quarterback Semaj Beals, a three-star University of Akron recruit, had four total touchdowns in the victory.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Minchey was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and appeared in six games for the Fighting Irish this season as Carr’s backup.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrant. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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