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His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Her novel Bel Canto won both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2002 and The Dutch House was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His novel Where the Dead Sit Talking was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The season after Hazan shared his concerns with me, Beasley had a career year, finishing second in the league in three-pointers made and emerging as a finalist for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Her novel Bel Canto won both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2002 and The Dutch House was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
His novel Where the Dead Sit Talking was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The season after Hazan shared his concerns with me, Beasley had a career year, finishing second in the league in three-pointers made and emerging as a finalist for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
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India was the last of the four teams to qualify for the semifinals, but then beat defending champion and seven-time winner Australia by five wickets to reach the final.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Obiri, who won NYCM in 2023 and finished second in 2024, outlasted countrywoman Sharon Lokedi, the 2022 NYCM champion.—
Bette Canter,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The coffee bar serves Central American and Ethiopian blends — plus pastries from James Beard semifinalist Maricsa Trejo of La Casita Bakeshop in Richardson.—
Jayla Webb,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Oct. 2025
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Working across creative mediums, Cho launched a genderless fashion label called Kusikohc, which went on to become an LVMH Prize semifinalist in 2023.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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That year saw the final October for Sandy Koufax, when his Dodgers tried and failed to repeat as champs.—
Steve Rushin,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Blue Jays went on to stun the Dodgers that night, taking the first game 11-4 and quieting early speculation that they would be swept in four games by the defending champs.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Former Survivor players write Cuomo’s name down on a ballot, including season-43 winner Yam Yam Arocho, season-45 fifth-placer Katurah Topps, and season-48 first-out Stephanie Berger, who is hopefully casting her first successful vote.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The meeting was widely attended by investment firms, hedge funds, and others interested in future business in Venezuela, said Rafael de la Cruz, the director of the US office of Machado and Edmundo González Urritia, who is recognized by the US as the winner of the last Venezuelan election.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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India was the last of the four teams to qualify for the semifinals, but then beat defending champion and seven-time winner Australia by five wickets to reach the final.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Where is the option to enjoy cannabis as a companion, not a conqueror?—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finalist. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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