: one that enters
especially
: one that enters a contest
Examples of entrant in a Sentence
Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.
new entrants into a highly competitive field
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A little over a month prior, the Newman film Nobody’s Fool was released and producer Paramount decided to use some of its leftover publicity budget to sponsor an entrant in the endurance race.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
Yet unlike that earlier era, many of the companies leading on AI are already giants, such as Microsoft and Google, while newer entrants such as Claude developer Anthropic are showing strong revenue growth.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The foundation that awarded the prize said that all entrants were required to confirm that their submission was their own work and not created with AI assistance.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
The lone Orange County entrant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee was eliminated in the second round of competition Tuesday at Constitution Hall in Washington.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
Yet unlike that earlier era, many of the companies leading on AI are already giants, such as Microsoft and Google, while newer entrants such as Claude developer Anthropic are showing strong revenue growth.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The foundation that awarded the prize said that all entrants were required to confirm that their submission was their own work and not created with AI assistance.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 26 May 2026
The lone Orange County entrant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee was eliminated in the second round of competition Tuesday at Constitution Hall in Washington.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
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“Entrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrant. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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entrant
noun
en·trant
ˈen-trənt 
: one that enters
especially
: one that enters a contest
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