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entrants

noun

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a person who enters something (such as a competition) Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules. There were thousands of new entrants into the competition.

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Recent Examples of entrants In fact, his Chevrolet Camaro was eighth among the 39 entrants. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026 Thirty-two entrants move on to the single-elimination stage, which begins on Sunday afternoon. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026 This year's Wild Card entrants—those ranked too low to qualify automatically but have been accepted by the committee—have been named. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026 So experts in infant nutrition generally support getting new entrants into a highly concentrated field. — Sarah Todd, STAT, 18 June 2026 The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026 Today, the nation spends billions to screen entrants using cutting-edge biometric tools, and thousands of Customs and Border Protection officers are stationed at every international airport and port of entry in the country. — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 New entrants without that track record face a very different market — smaller, less marketable targets, and deal terms for both the IPO and de-SPAC financing that reflect the skepticism of a capital base that learned expensive lessons not long ago. — Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The grand prize of the competition is a $100,000 home renovation, alongside $500 gift cards awarded to 100 top entrants, and $100 in spending money for another 50 winners. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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And while total entries declined by roughly 25%, the question of what qualifies as award-worthy work took the pressure off of the crutch of rewarding only the technology.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Nineteen commodities vessels entered the Gulf on Monday, matching the number of entries by such ships recorded last Wednesday, when total crossings reached a wartime high of 70, Kpler data showed.

— Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of entries

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Comcast faces competitors beyond traditional telecommunications firms, including AT&T and T-Mobile.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2026

Definition of competitors

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There were 4,183 ballots cast in the Kings/Ducks voting, and four candidates received at least 75% of the vote.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
His youngest daughter is now among the six candidates in the special election that will decide who finishes his term.

— Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

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The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York on July 4, where contestants ate several days' worth of calories in just 10 minutes.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
The arrest comes after two female contestants on the reality series alleged in a BBC report published in May that they were raped by their husbands while filming the show.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Definition of contestants

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Four recruits have been hospitalized, according to Castro and a source with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to talk to the press.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Now that official visits are starting to wind down, more and more teams and recruits are getting a clearer picture about what the future holds for them in the 2027 cycle.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

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