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Recent Examples of finalist
McMahon’s been a Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist four years in a row.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
Ho ended up as a finalist in the competition and had the opportunity to pitch to Gordon Ramsay about Fat Miilk on television.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 24 July 2025
A couple of her songs were finalists in the 2023 John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the 2023 International Songwriting Competition.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Yash Mehta Our first finalist for this week comes from Yash Mehta, as Mehta's two pet cats, Coco Junior and Muffy, captured our hearts during their precious bonding moment.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
Ho ended up as a finalist in the competition and had the opportunity to pitch to Gordon Ramsay about Fat Miilk on television.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 24 July 2025
A couple of her songs were finalists in the 2023 John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the 2023 International Songwriting Competition.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Yash Mehta Our first finalist for this week comes from Yash Mehta, as Mehta's two pet cats, Coco Junior and Muffy, captured our hearts during their precious bonding moment.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
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That never got the opportunity to see a real world’s champion.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Lacan’s impact shined throughout the Sun’s 78-62 upset of the Liberty, the team’s first home win over the defending WNBA champions since 2022.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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Shields won that fight by second-round TKO to become the WBC and WBF heavyweight champ.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The defending champs paddled to victory at the first race of the 2025 Triple Crown season, New York's General Clinton Canoe Regatta, in May.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Sentinel Standouts Nikolas Blake, Hagerty, Jr. Buzz: Class 3A third placer in 150-pound weight class.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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Down a goal late to Italy, 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang equalized in stoppage time, and Chloe Kelly scored the winner in the 119th minute.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Host Julie Chen Moonves revealed the winner to the houseguests, who then discussed the vote.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finalist. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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