contestants

noun

plural of contestant
as in competitors
one who strives for the same thing as another three contestants will compete on live TV for the cash prize

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Recent Examples of contestants Watch contestants eat as many hot dogs as possible while enjoying giveaways, good food and drinks. — Kayla Rivera, AJC.com, 30 June 2026 Millions have watched social media videos of contestants slipping and taking a hard fall into the waters of Pavilion Beach below. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 26 June 2026 Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The arrest comes after two female contestants on the reality series alleged in a BBC report published in May that they were raped by their husbands while filming the show. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 The Golden Ticket will see twelve contestants, each with a partner of their choosing, step through the gates of Wonka’s Chocolate Factory to face a series of challenges. — Peter White, Deadline, 30 June 2026 Once you are done daydreaming about reality TV contestants rocking out on a keytar, search for more clues in the season 28 Big Brother house images below. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 June 2026 The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York on July 4, where contestants ate several days' worth of calories in just 10 minutes. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
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  1. competitors
  2. contenders
Noun
  • Comcast faces competitors beyond traditional telecommunications firms, including AT&T and T-Mobile.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of competitors
Noun
  • Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Elsewhere, general classification contenders Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) all produced good performances to stay within 40 seconds of the leading pair.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
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