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
The challenge is only open to entrants in states where Benjamin Franklin Plumbing’s businesses are located and is void where prohibited.
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
This time, hoping to better control the crowd, it was decided to make the watch party ticketed and also to screen all entrants.
—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
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
This time, hoping to better control the crowd, it was decided to make the watch party ticketed and also to screen all entrants.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrant
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But the historic hotel is also one of the five official resorts of Cedar Point amusement park, and guests receive benefits like early park entry and exclusive ticket packages.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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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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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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Instead, another contestant was named the winner.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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First performed as an Edinburgh Fringe one-off, where contestants included a bunch of Horne’s comedian friends, Taskmaster has grown into a genuine phenomenon.—
Alex Horne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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None of the Senate candidates surpassed the 50% threshold required to win, and Ossoff and Warnock headed to a January 2021 runoff against their Republican opponents.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Burnham was promptly selected as Labour’s candidate, making Thursday’s by-election perhaps the most consequential in British history.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The sprawling facility cycles through tens of thousands of recruits every year.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Cunningham, a Texas A&M recruit, broke the single-season school record in every one of those categories.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrant. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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