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Recent Examples of finalist
Edwards is a finalist for Clutch Player of the Year.
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Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The city of Evanston in Illinois selected in 2022 Jasso as the finalist for its city manager position, according to The Daily Northwestern.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The event, officially called the Draper Pitch Competition, brought together three finalist teams of undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Karla Cordero is a Chicana storyteller, educator and author of the poetry collection, How to Pull Apart the Earth, winner of the San Diego Book Award and an International Latino Book Award finalist.
—Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The city of Evanston in Illinois selected in 2022 Jasso as the finalist for its city manager position, according to The Daily Northwestern.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
The event, officially called the Draper Pitch Competition, brought together three finalist teams of undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Karla Cordero is a Chicana storyteller, educator and author of the poetry collection, How to Pull Apart the Earth, winner of the San Diego Book Award and an International Latino Book Award finalist.
—Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
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Johnson’s Spurs upped their win total by 28 games and are viewed as the top Western Conference challengers to defending champion Oklahoma City.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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Peggy was the champion in 1952 and 1953.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Nashville, a Champions Cup semifinalist, and Inter Miami, which lost to LAFC, 3-0, on opening day, represent the East.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Biscuits, waffles, pancakes and eggs — basically, all your breakfast dreams come true — plus classic diner lunches and home-style dinner staples are coming up fast at a James Beard Award semifinalist’s new restaurant in where Plaza Midwood and Plaza Shamrock meet.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Raptors wound up as NBA champs that season.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Murphy returned the favor by ribbing him by saying that every time Lee’s beloved New York Knicks lost their bid to become NBA champs, Lee was in the building.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Other female area state placers: Maile Nguyen (Granada, 125, sixth), Anakarla Hernandez (St. Helena, 145, fourth), Symone Jewell (Northgate-Walnut Creek, 155, third), Aiyanna Beane (American Canyon, 170, third), Rosalyn Diaz (Liberty, 190, fifth).—
Mitch Stephens,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Mar. 2026
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McDavid had led a 3-on-1 rush that fizzled out and soon after received Bouchard’s outlet pass, returning the puck to him and earning a secondary assist for the Art Ross Trophy winner’s first point of these playoffs.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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That is the nature of Talladega, which has seen 11 different winners in the last 11 races there.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Babur’s family traced its lineage to both the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) on his father’s side and Chagatai, the second son of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, on his mother’s side.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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