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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 entrants
Conversely, green shoots can be seen from new entrants (those searching for a job for the first time); their numbers decreased by 199,000 last month—largely offsetting a drop the month prior.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
And more workers are seeking those opportunities, as labor market re-entrants helped to lift the unemployment rate last month.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Several experts made mention of the latter point, telling Newsweek that graduates may be less of an exception than a sign of a widespread employment difficulties, which historically fall hardest on the newer entrants trying to get a foothold.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Curiously, just seven of the entrants had won their domestic league title the previous season.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
If those new entrants — generally considered some of the hardest-working people in Hollywood — face ever-mounting obstacles, will tomorrow’s cinematic superstars decide to take their talents to the gaming industry or YouTube or TikTok?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The fund will expose investors to fast-growing newer entrants like hardware and cloud provider IonQ and quantum chip fabricator Rigetti, alongside Big Tech players Microsoft, Nvidia, and IBM.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Instead, anticipate ecosystems where incumbents, challengers, and new entrants continuously reshape the field through competition, consolidation, and reinvention.
—Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to the old reliables, though, there are some new entrants to the fall nail color scene.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 29 Aug. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
And more workers are seeking those opportunities, as labor market re-entrants helped to lift the unemployment rate last month.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Several experts made mention of the latter point, telling Newsweek that graduates may be less of an exception than a sign of a widespread employment difficulties, which historically fall hardest on the newer entrants trying to get a foothold.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Curiously, just seven of the entrants had won their domestic league title the previous season.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
If those new entrants — generally considered some of the hardest-working people in Hollywood — face ever-mounting obstacles, will tomorrow’s cinematic superstars decide to take their talents to the gaming industry or YouTube or TikTok?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The fund will expose investors to fast-growing newer entrants like hardware and cloud provider IonQ and quantum chip fabricator Rigetti, alongside Big Tech players Microsoft, Nvidia, and IBM.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Instead, anticipate ecosystems where incumbents, challengers, and new entrants continuously reshape the field through competition, consolidation, and reinvention.
—Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to the old reliables, though, there are some new entrants to the fall nail color scene.
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrants
Noun
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The right way to think about dollars is as entries in an accounting ledger.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Other new entries painted a picture of Minnesota’s evolving tastes and demographics.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the case of merchant AI chips, that's Nvidia thanks in large part to a massive software ecosystem that serves as a competitive moat against other competitors like AMD.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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The company was losing bids because their competitors weren’t including that low-value, unwanted work in their quotes.—
Adam Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Republican candidates for governor say yes, but another likely candidate declined to say.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Europe is a bit more competitive; the median acceptance rate stands at just 53%, and 46% of candidates identified as women.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rachel Reilly is a positive for this summer mainstay (or any reality competition in need of outspoken and controversial contestants).—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, the competition was delayed a week after one of the contestants was fatally mauled by a rival bear with the attack seen on the live webcams.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Entrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrants. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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