medalist

noun

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Definition of medalistnext
as in prizewinner

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Recent Examples of medalist Olympic sports are a matter of national pride in Norway, and Tufte’s success as a two-time world champion and four-time Olympic medalist — including golds in single sculls in 2004 and 2008 — put him in the national spotlight for years. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 1 July 2026 Olympic gold medalist Arisa Trew secured her second winning result of the weekend with a switch McTwist — a 540-degree twist taking off from her opposite side while grabbing the middle of the board — during women’s vert best trick, which featured a field of athletes averaging only 16 1/2 years old. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026 This past March, while on spring break from Northwest High School — which is located about 20 miles north of Fort Worth — Lutkenhaus won the World Indoor Championships 800 in Poland, becoming the youngest World Indoor men’s medalist. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Baldwin was among five qualifiers at Dundonald Links in the west of Scotland, joining medalist Jake McDonald, amateurs David Howard and Nevill Ruiter, and West Point graduate Marcus Plunkett, who served five years in the Army. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medalist
  1. prizewinner
  2. semifinalist
  3. superstar
  4. finalist
  5. placer
  6. quarterfinalist
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  • This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Lewer wasn’t the only prizewinner anointed at the ceremony.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 8 May 2026
Definition of prizewinner
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  • England was a semifinalist at the 2018 World Cup, reached the quarterfinals in 2022, and finished as the runner-up in the last two European Championships (2020 and 2024).
    — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026
  • Morocco, a semifinalist four years ago, drew with Brazil while outplaying them for long stretches, then dominated Scotland.
    — Jeremy Ebobisse, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of semifinalist
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  • The moves were meant to reshape the roster to maximize superstar Luka Doncic, who will take the reins with the departure of LeBron James.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • The two superstars are the faces of a New York Mets team that was supposed to be a threat in the majors but is instead one of the worst teams in the league.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of superstar
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  • The Oglethorpe County School District just paid nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former Georgia teacher of the year finalist.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Variations on the collection were a Finalist for four different prizes and around the same number of times a Semi-finalist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of finalist
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  • Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of placer
Noun
  • Safiullin, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2023, beat Brazilian rising star João Fonseca 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • For Iraq, a victory would be its first in World Cup competition while Senegal, a quarterfinalist in 2002, would like to get a win for Sadio Mane, one of Africa’s most iconic players, who may be playing in his final World Cup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of quarterfinalist

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