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 None of the entrants even finished that race, but, a year later, five vehicles completed a follow-up. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The same is true of Jo Malone London, the other recent entrant to the $1 billion club, that the company acquired in 1999. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for entrant

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This contract marks Veolia’s entry into the full-scale carbon capture market and reinforces its commitment to accelerating industrial decarbonization and environmental security through innovative technology.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Entry-level categories Speaking of footwear, shoes are emerging as a key category for luxury, offering an entry point for customers.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of entry

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Anthropic’s future — and that of its competitors — relies heavily on the availability of computing components to train its models and power AI chatbots and agents.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
On a per-range basis, a customer will be able to buy a fourth-gen GM EV for less money than a competitor’s profitable model without relying on subsidies.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of competitor

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For The Uninterested Woman Dating Show, Navarrette hilariously played Dane, one of the f*ckboy contestants, along with Jane Wickline and Sarah Sherman.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
Since nobody was banished, host Alan Cumming then forced the contestants back to the Roundtable the very next morning, and this time the table followed Victor’s lead and banished Tomica by a 10-2 vote.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of contestant

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If El-Sayed loses, there will be a fight over blame between Democrats who spent tens of millions of dollars to support him and progressives who’ll argue that the party establishment can’t be trusted when leftist candidates win a nomination.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
John James and Mike Rogers, while both Republicans, are very different political candidates running markedly different campaigns against two very different opponents.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

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