How to Use finalist in a Sentence

finalist

noun

• They interviewed all of the finalists before making a decision.
• In 2023, the Hermitage was a top-five finalist in the World's Best Awards.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
• Here are the four other finalists in the last round of voting.
  — Jenny Rudolph, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
• White was first-team all-state and a finalist for Class 6A player of the year as a junior.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2023
• For the full list of NLA Awards winners and finalists, visit newsleaders.org.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• García, who had been the Rangers’ fifth finalist in the voting for starter, also made the 2021 All-Star team.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 2 July 2023
• The organizers were once again kind enough to share some of the winners and finalists here.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 15 June 2023
• Profiles of the finalists can be found online at president-search.umn.edu/presidential-finalists.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
• Those finalists, Driver said, will be made known to the public.
  — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
• The move comes three weeks after news broke that Platt was one of three finalists for the city manager’s job in Austin, Texas.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• When Gauff was announced as a finalist, sales spiked 20% overnight.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2023
• Only a few weeks earlier, chaos had rocked the world of fair food when the finalists of the Big Tex Choice Awards were announced.
  — Ella Quittner, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• The awards' longlists will be announced Wednesday and finalists will be unveiled on Oct. 3.
  — S. Dev, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The 2021 Gold Glove Award finalist should have been charged with three errors, and Newman has lacked range all season.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 14 May 2023
• Watch the finalists’ impressive freestyles below, and stream Dancing With the Stars on Disney+.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• Sayin is a finalist for the Gatorade National Player of the Year, which will be announced later this month.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
• School board members will interview the three finalists starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the room where the school board meets at Huntsville High School.
  — Scott Turner | , al, 7 June 2023
• The finalists’ journeys to this point do not match exactly.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• For the first time since 2019, the Presidents' Trophy winner and the previous year's Stanley Cup finalists didn't make it out of the first round.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• The National Book Awards announced the finalists for its 2023 prizes on Tuesday.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The two finalists will be the only teams to play an additional game due to the In-Season Tournament.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Who are the finalists for the Selke Trophy (top defensive forward)?
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• Members of her team won or were finalists for Pulitzer Prizes three times during her tenure.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• Nacua and Turner were finalists for the NFL offensive and defensive rookie-of-the-year awards.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• None of the finalists had previously been shortlisted for the prize.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• Voting for the finalists is open through July 12, and winners should be announced by July 19.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
• Even if he isn’t named a finalist or the winner, Epps says, the nomination means a lot (finalists will be announced April 3).
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• After each round, three finalists will compete in the semi-finals.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 May 2023
• The top five finalists will perform in front of a live audience and the winner will be selected by a panel of industry judges.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 May 2023
• Just 18 percent of conference finalists in the past 10 years have had a negative clutch-time net rating.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024