finalist

noun

Definition of finalistnext
1
as in champion

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as in semifinalist

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Recent Examples of finalist Reuters photographer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Cheney Orr snapped the image showing a woman in a green shirt, later identified as 33-year-old Bernita Bowlding, facing the camera while seated on the train. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Pohlkamp was a Hobey Baker Award finalist this spring after helping the University of Denver capture a Division I national championship. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Emerson was named a finalist for the 2026 Golden Spikes Award, becoming only the second prep player in history to earn the honor. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 The Oglethorpe County School District just paid nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former Georgia teacher of the year finalist. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for finalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
  1. champion
  2. semifinalist
  3. champ
  4. placer
  5. winner
  6. conqueror
Noun
  • That has coincided with a global investment rally in AI stocks, an industry where India has no champions.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Robin van Persie, the Flying Dutchman The group-stage match between reigning champion Spain and the Netherlands at the 2014 FIFA World Cup is remembered as one of the most unexpected one-sided results in the tournament.
    — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026
Definition of champion
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  • The only other men’s wild-card semifinalist was Goran Ivanisevic, who won the title as a wild card in 2001.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • On Thursday, Nosková became the youngest first-time major semifinalist at Wimbledon since 2010.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of semifinalist
Noun
  • That put defending World Cup champs Argentina back into the finals, while England’s dry spell — having not won since 1966 — continues.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • But if Bellingham leads the Three Lions to immortality, knocking off the reigning champ in the process, Icons certainly won’t be complaining.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of champ
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  • Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of placer
Noun
  • Despite some controversy in the match, La Roja scored a dramatic extra-time winner to claim the World Cup trophy.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Their shunning of the Spanish coronation, however, felt uniquely unappealing, a show of disrespect to the winners of the most high-profile sporting event in the world.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of winner
Noun
  • Topuria, for his part, has vowed to run it back with Gaethje, praising his conqueror while promising the story between them is far from over.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Definition of conqueror

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