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Recent Examples of semifinalist
But at least one semifinalist has gone old-school, shunning outside help and using the dictionary as his guide.
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ABC News, 27 May 2026
At the luncheon, Chef Johanna Hellrigl, a James Beard semifinalist whose cooking is rooted in food as medicine — shared her own testimonial as a woman deeply affected by gut challenges.
—Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
There’s a good chance Jódar, a semifinalist at the Barcelona Open and a quarterfinalist at the Madrid Open this clay season, won’t be on them long.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Seasonality takes a different route at Ruse, The Wildset Hotel’s in-house restaurant that’s spearheaded by James Beard Award semifinalist chef Michael Correll.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The cases at Grapevine, Poolville and Jacksboro ended seasons for a defending state champion, a district champion and a regional semifinalist.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Liar’s Dice, her first novel, was a winner of the 2024 Irish Writers Centre’s Novel Fair and a semifinalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
DiVISION 4 In the first finals appearance for both programs, Oak Park swept the last four courts to claim the inaugural Division 4 crown against Campbell Hall, a Division 3 semifinalist last season.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
The latter is especially notable because the WEC’s pastry chef, Yohann Le Bescond, was a semifinalist in the 2025 James Beard Awards.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
ABC News, 27 May 2026
At the luncheon, Chef Johanna Hellrigl, a James Beard semifinalist whose cooking is rooted in food as medicine — shared her own testimonial as a woman deeply affected by gut challenges.
—Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
There’s a good chance Jódar, a semifinalist at the Barcelona Open and a quarterfinalist at the Madrid Open this clay season, won’t be on them long.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Seasonality takes a different route at Ruse, The Wildset Hotel’s in-house restaurant that’s spearheaded by James Beard Award semifinalist chef Michael Correll.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
The cases at Grapevine, Poolville and Jacksboro ended seasons for a defending state champion, a district champion and a regional semifinalist.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Liar’s Dice, her first novel, was a winner of the 2024 Irish Writers Centre’s Novel Fair and a semifinalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
DiVISION 4 In the first finals appearance for both programs, Oak Park swept the last four courts to claim the inaugural Division 4 crown against Campbell Hall, a Division 3 semifinalist last season.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
The latter is especially notable because the WEC’s pastry chef, Yohann Le Bescond, was a semifinalist in the 2025 James Beard Awards.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semifinalist
finalist
Noun
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Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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For the three-time Grand Slam finalist, often called the best male player to have never won a major, the 2026 Roland Garros draw has opened up beyond his wildest dreams.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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