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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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Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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An entry foyer flows to a spacious great room with custom white oak shelving and floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the Manhattan Bridge.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 June 2026
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Turning to larger athletic shoe players, prospects are mixed as smaller competitors inch ahead.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
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While art remains the primary business for Sotheby’s and its competitors, sports memorabilia and other collectibles have quickly become important categories as the major houses work to broaden their collector bases.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
22 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 23 Jun. 2026.
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