also-rans

noun

Definition of also-ransnext
plural of also-ran
1
as in losers

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2
as in entrants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also-rans
  1. losers
  2. entrants
  3. disappointments
  4. entries
  5. players
Noun
  • Target has emerged as a laggard within what is shaping up to be a field of clear winners and losers for the major retail stocks this year.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Investors are in the final stretch of 2024, and many are moving money from the year’s big winners into the biggest losers.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of losers
Noun
  • With more entrants comes more capital and with that, more data, more liquidity, and better pricing.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Since its invention in Idaho almost a decade ago, direct admissions has spread to university systems in nine states, including four new entrants in 2024—Texas, Wisconsin, Utah, and South Dakota.
    Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of entrants
Noun
  • Avoid blowing disappointments out of perspective; look for the upside of a downside situation; focus on work solutions instead of problems; pinpoint opportunity in a challenge.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The action hinges largely on disappointments, betrayals, desertions that already happened, an offscreen past often referred to but never shown.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of disappointments
Noun
  • The team whittled the entries down to a selection of 45, which were then put to a judging panel that selected the overall winner as well as nine category winners.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of entries
Noun
  • The week of action also saw the highest-scoring game of the season and plenty of players hit historic milestones.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Since the inception of the FedEx Cup in 2007, nine players have won the FedEx Cup and Player of the Year in the same season.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of players
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