How to Use participant in a Sentence

participant

noun
  • Drug court participants are kept on a short leash.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In the study, participants were sent the videos, and agreed to watch as part of the study.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Pup participants pay a small fee to enter the dog show.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Each team of six participants must sing five songs that share a common theme.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of the race, participants win the massive cheese wheel.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Adam, the youngest participant, sat close by.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • One participant flinched, as if struck.
    — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
  • But most participants chose to keep their cameras on.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The participants were asked to track their food in an app, and to have weigh-ins on a wireless scale.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The goal in the future is to have tens of thousands of participants.
    — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The participants live in swing states and don't always vote for the same party.
    — Tamara Keith, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • Police said the victims in this case were not participants in the game.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • After the walk, participants will be able to explore the zoo for free for the rest of the day.
    — Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Many participants could read letters, numbers and even full pages of text again.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Allen wasn’t an active participant in the writing of that song.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2022
  • In one study, participants added 25 g of ground chia seeds to their diet for eight weeks.
    — Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
  • The trips cost $30 per participant and fill up fast every year.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Some of the participants hadn’t seen one another for fifty years.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The more shamrocks that are found, the more entries participants get.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • After this, the participants even watched the videos a second time.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • One of the latest study participants arrived in the arms of her mother last week.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Muhammad said that was for maintain trust of the participants.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Stansbury still has yet to play a game this season, but was a full participant in practice.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Before the walk began, some of those founders talked with participants.
    — Sue Ellen Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Paschal also was a full participant for the first time this week on Friday.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Because of the steep angle, participants must be at least 9 years old.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Blaney is seeded seventh and has five stage wins — tied for the most of any playoff participant.
    — Pete Iacobelli, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The program is free, and participants are not allowed to have jobs while enrolled.
    — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Valle was one of 34 participants in the trial.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Soon, this Friendship Place participant will have a roof over his head.
    — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021

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