How to Use participant in a Sentence

participant

noun
  • The goal in the future is to have tens of thousands of participants.
    Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The two were in the first cohort of 20 participants in Lynden’s Be the Change!
    Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • What to watch: More than half of the first-time participants are 24 years old or younger.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 29 July 2024
  • What’s more, the participants were fed up with the reporters from KBS.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • About 57% or the participants were female and 63% were Black.
    Alander Rocha, al, 14 June 2023
  • The woman paused, then awarded a medal to the next participant, skipping the girl, who was the only Black child in line.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Does that mean that Hurts will be a full participant this week as the Eagles prepare for the Giants?
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Lopez was a frequent participant in the demonstrations at the time.
    The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The median age of participants at the beginning of the study was 53.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 June 2024
  • Others noted that the full study hasn’t been released yet — and the type of food the participants were eating is a crucial piece.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Past participants Hamann and Boller couldn’t agree more.
    Terry Wagner, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • The program is free, and participants are not allowed to have jobs while enrolled.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The vast majority of the participants in the killing were never brought to justice.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This was Utah, the franchise that helped mold him into a star and five-time playoff participant.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Most of the participants, sworn to an oath of secrecy, took their identities as Tea Partiers to their graves.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Muhammad said that was for maintain trust of the participants.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
  • All but one of the participants achieved the main goal of the study — freedom from severe pain episodes for at least one year following treatment.
    Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Researchers instructed half of the participants to ride a bike for 30 minutes twice a week for 16 weeks.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Wyoming, a two-time participant in the Arizona Bowl, ended the season with a three-game losing streak and finished 7-6.
    Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The meetings start with a prayer and a Pledge of Allegiance and then the participants elect a caucus chair to run the meeting, as well as a secretary to record the results.
    Catherine Lucey, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This was the study where, on average, participants read 35 percent faster in their fastest font than in their slowest one.
    Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • The first patient was treated just six months ago, and researchers are still following all of the participants.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Mühl, the nation’s assist leader with 9.8 per game, was a full participant in practice for the first time on Friday.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Though Sober October spans the month, some participants may rethink their drinking habits even when the 31 days are over.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Consider how movies feed the game industry so that a movie viewer is now able to enter the world of the movie and become a participant.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Pritchett, as has been the case ever since practices before the Cal game, was a full participant in practice.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The race will start in Land Park, where competitive participants will run two loops, eat four doughnuts, and then run two more loops.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2024
  • An instructor quieted the room, asked for the beeping heart monitors to be shut off and turned to the participants.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • If a 90-minute window seems like a tight squeeze for all the action that’s been promised — not to mention the participants who haven’t been publicly revealed yet — Collins vows the run of show is crisp and tight.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2024
  • Market participants are divided over whether the move is necessary or even wise.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024

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