ENTRANT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

entrant

noun

Definition of entrant

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 Watchmaking entrants will reinterpret the in-house self-winding automatic 1847 MC movement through that lens, while jewelry candidates are invited to translate an animal’s presence into a brooch. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 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 The category spans premium wellness brands like HigherDOSE, recovery-tech labels and mass retail entrants at Sephora, Best Buy and Target. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 Dohaney is in a competitive market, not just with other mobile providers but with new entrants as well. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrant

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Asian cinema accounts for 96 films, women directed 41, and 20 are official entries for the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Prince’s Folk Songs greet visitors upon entry with an equally muscular confrontation with industrial excess.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of entry

Noun

Related In the sketch, four of KATSEYE’s six members appear as judges overseeing a new crop of contestants whose journey to pop stardom is much more chaotic than the first season.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026
Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants must expose their rivals secrets live on air.

— L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of contestant

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Both Abelian and non-Abelian candidate states can produce quasiparticles with e/4 charge, so charge measurements alone cannot distinguish between them.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Ahead of the election, The Star reached out to both candidates to get their stances on Amendment 6, which was placed on the ballot by a campaign called Respect MO Voters.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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Those were among the comments that came to light last year after an LAPD whistleblower secretly recorded his colleagues in a unit that screens police recruits.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The Patterson hire is just five games in and somehow looks like a downgrade, despite top recruits like Luke Wafle and Jakheem Stewart playing on the defensive line.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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