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or medallist
as in prizewinner
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Recent Examples of medalist
The Olympic silver medalists have now lost three straight times to the U.S, even as players are elevating their individual game at top clubs around the world.
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Emily Olsen, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Kendall’s Kitchen World Cafe opened in Nov. 2024, with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee stopping by to help celebrate.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Now Wade has seen the highest reaches of American athletic success: All-Star, All-Star MVP, scoring champion, NBA champion, Finals MVP, Olympic gold medalist.
—D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Ruby Tui, a two-time Olympic medalist and Women’s Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand, has been watching closely as her American counterpart has taken rugby by storm, amassing legions of followers on social media.
—George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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Emily Olsen, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Kendall’s Kitchen World Cafe opened in Nov. 2024, with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee stopping by to help celebrate.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Now Wade has seen the highest reaches of American athletic success: All-Star, All-Star MVP, scoring champion, NBA champion, Finals MVP, Olympic gold medalist.
—D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Ruby Tui, a two-time Olympic medalist and Women’s Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand, has been watching closely as her American counterpart has taken rugby by storm, amassing legions of followers on social media.
—George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medalist
Noun
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Last year’s acting prizewinners — Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph — are also slated to appear, meaning a likely return to the Oscars tradition of the previous year's winners passing the title on to the new winners of the opposite gender.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Released in South Korea this past June, the Cannes prizewinner turned French Oscar submission went on to bank more than 45,000 local admissions, making the romantic drama a boutique success story for 2024.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Nigerian Afrobeats superstar did not take the stage at the festival’s Mojave Tent until nearly 30 minutes into his 45-minute set, and lip-synched badly for a couple of songs.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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Pelinka kept it under his hat for two months, was able to keep his 2031 first-rounder and other goodies out of the deal and got the Dončić trade to the finish line before 28 of his rivals even knew the superstar was available.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sanders, the Colorado Buffaloes quarterback who was a Heisman Trophy finalist this past college season, remains available heading into the third and final day of the NFL Draft.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The two-time finalist for the Doak Walker Award, which honors the nation’s top running back, rushed for 1,660 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, a stellar encore to his breakout sophomore year.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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Hancock was an All-Region football player and two-time Top 3 state placer in wrestling, according to the outlet.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Medalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medalist. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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