How to Use entrant in a Sentence

entrant

noun
  • Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.
  • As a wild-card entrant to the playoffs, then, the Dodgers drew the fourth seed.
    New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In the men’s 3,000, last-minute entrant Woody Kincaid will be one to watch.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The Challenge Award winner may be any of the 35 entrants.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • As the newest entrant, he was assigned to sleep on the floor next to the toilet.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • If the playoffs were today, the Saints (5-2) would be in as a wild-card entrant.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Park was not the only entrant discussing poa and the Aviara greens.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Again, for a new entrant, that would be a very helpful boost.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Every entrant won some kind of prize this year, thanks to the sponsors.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The Weeknd manages to score one of three new entrants inside the top 10 on the iTunes songs ranking.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Prior Lake has now been a state entrant in three of the past four seasons.
    Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The portal is currently closed to new entrants but will re-open in the spring.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Their last new entrant inside the highest tier on the tally came to them back in 1996.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Fun fact: The match can be a true test of endurance for early entrants.
    Justin L. MacK, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Eddie Kingston, who might have been the most over man in this match, was the final entrant in Blood and Guts.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • The prizes are time-seeded and the first entrant to submit their details at the correct time wins the prize.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • The first will be for lower-cost missions and will be open to a plethora of new entrants.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The turnover has allowed some new entrants to open up shop in the neighborhood.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The next entrant in a parade of robots to the Moon has begun its journey.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 14 July 2023
  • Chehock, an attorney who works in San Diego, is the newest entrant in the race.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Thus was born Zingeroo, a new entrant on the mobile app stock-trading scene.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Then again, there was just one mushroom entrant this year: her.
    Scott Calvert, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Honoree status is awarded to the top 20% of the thousands of entrants.
    The Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The former Steele star has declared for the 2021 NFL draft as an early entrant.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The deal also gives YouTube a big entrant in the live sports game, which has become a bigger part of the streaming menu in the past two years.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Hornet is a new entrant in the Dodge lineup and sits below the mid-size Durango.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2023
  • There are a handful of entrants appearing for the first time on this year’s list, and a few have fallen off.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
  • While the same countries tend to appear in the top 20 year after year, there’s a new entrant this year: Lithuania.
    Marnie Hunter, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Lyst Index, the premium shopping app’s quarterly check in on the hottest brands and products, sees two new entrants and returning favorites for Q4.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Only entrants aged 21 or older are allowed to participate in the sweepstakes, though they are allowed to bring children with them to the sleepover.
    Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025

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