How to Use runner-up in a Sentence

runner-up

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• Leah and Miguel were the 2024 runners-up and JaNa and Kenny came in third.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
• The tune lifts from the runner-up rung to the throne, reaching the peak position for the first time.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
• They’ll be led by Denver Shields, the indoor state runner-up in the 55.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
• The biggest boars, like runner-up Chunk, are well over 1,200 pounds.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• The runner-up will win $1,000 as will the people’s choice winner.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2024
• Vistra Vistra is poised to take the runner-up spot with a surge of more than 263%.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
• The Lakers were the runner-up to the Celtics in six of Boston’s 10 championship wins.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• The Falcons certainly did not want to be the runners-up for a third straight year.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• That includes 2023, in which the offense thrived and Prescott finished as the MVP runner-up.
  — Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
• Hadwin missed a 22-foot putt to earn the runner-up spot behind Fowler, who made a 12-foot birdie putt to win.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2023
• On the sixth day, the winners of each pool would play for the gold medal, preceded by the runners-up playing for the bronze medal.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• The runner-up is New York, with 31 cities, followed by New Jersey with 21.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2024
• Conner lapped the field as state runner-up Louisville St. Xavier finished with 154 points.
  — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 16 June 2023
• That’s more than twice as many purchases as the runner-up on the Top Album Sales list this frame.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• The big surprise, though, was the runner-up: Trader Joe’s Tomato Basil, at $1.99.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• Vimeo is not just a YouTube runner-up from the earlier days of the internet.
  — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• But Penix's throw was a beat behind the Biletnikoff Award runner-up and the two couldn't connect on the would-be walk-in touchdown.
  — Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
• The Bobcats have one state title and a runner-up finish.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
• Osceola won a state title in 1998 and has been a runner-up five times.
  — Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
• That will be followed by a 7:30 p.m. match featuring the Group A winner against the Group D runner-up.
  — The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
• And the likes of 2020 runners-up Pete Buttigieg and Cory Booker have lost none of their ambition.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 1 July 2024
• The film, which is based on a true story, also took the runner-up best film Lola in silver.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
• That’s the most of any U.S. city, with the runner-up, Baltimore, having hosted 10.
  — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• This time around, Folklore rises to the highest spot, climbing from the runner-up rung.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Phoenix finished as runners-up to Pomona at last year’s tournament.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
• Sierra Leone, the Derby runner-up who went off as the favorite, was third and Honor Marie fourth.
  — CBS News, 8 June 2024
• Two weeks earlier, the duet debuted at the runner-up rank on each list.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
• That triple jump performance was eight feet further than the runner-up.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
• The song advances from the runner-up slot to No. 1, and this smash is especially notable.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
• But the school decided that the runner-up, Greg, would represent the school at the district level.
  — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Mar 2025