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a person who enters something (such as a competition)
Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules. There were thousands of new entrants into the competition.
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Recent Examples of entrants
Here are five potential surprise entrants in the 2026 women’s WWE Royal Rumble.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
New entrants from popular film series dominate the movie slate in the next 12 months.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Low production costs keep existing products highly competitive, leaving little room for new entrants.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
And that means there’s a wide open field for new entrants in the stack and plenty of potential for disruption of existing, entrenched players.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
While widespread fame and riches no longer top brewery owners’ wish lists, there is still plenty of passion for the craft, liquid and consumers, as evidenced by the three most recent entrants into San Diego’s sudscape.
—Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
Long-shot Super Bowl participants are rare Seattle facing New England in Super Bowl 60 is such an unlikely matchup because long-shot entrants are becoming increasingly rare.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
In previous disruptions, such as the dot-com boom, industries saw massive changes, with new entrants coming in strong.
—Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Menopausal beauty has seen several entrants in recent years, including Naomi Watts’ Stripes, Joylux and Womaness, among others, but the space has yet to soar.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
New entrants from popular film series dominate the movie slate in the next 12 months.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Low production costs keep existing products highly competitive, leaving little room for new entrants.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
And that means there’s a wide open field for new entrants in the stack and plenty of potential for disruption of existing, entrenched players.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
While widespread fame and riches no longer top brewery owners’ wish lists, there is still plenty of passion for the craft, liquid and consumers, as evidenced by the three most recent entrants into San Diego’s sudscape.
—Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
Long-shot Super Bowl participants are rare Seattle facing New England in Super Bowl 60 is such an unlikely matchup because long-shot entrants are becoming increasingly rare.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
In previous disruptions, such as the dot-com boom, industries saw massive changes, with new entrants coming in strong.
—Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Menopausal beauty has seen several entrants in recent years, including Naomi Watts’ Stripes, Joylux and Womaness, among others, but the space has yet to soar.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrants
Noun
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Meanwhile, Grace is done in the first-person and echoes the recent entries, starring Ethan Winters.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Now in its 24th year, the Travel Photographer of the Year awards continue to set the benchmark for excellence in contemporary travel photography, attracting an outstanding collection of entries.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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How does your brand's value growth compare to category competitors?—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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This constitution, which Anthropic just updated, is one thing that differentiates Anthropic’s AI models from those offered by its competitors, such as OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Elon Musk’s xAI.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent screened the qualifying candidates, whittling the list down to five and then four.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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No wonder Rieder vaulted to the top of the list of Fed chair candidates on prediction markets over the past few days.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The fun of The Mole is in putting yourself in the contestants' shoes; like them (well, all but one of them), the audience is not informed of who the mole actually is until the very end.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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The menu goes beyond basic survival food and leans into the show's reward challenges, giving fans a literal taste of what contestants eat in Fiji.—
Tania Francois,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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While most federal agencies face budget cuts and workforce reductions, ICE is expanding—offering new recruits Wall Street-style signing bonuses and student debt forgiveness.—
Binaifer Nowrojee,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the current contact period, during which coaches can visit recruits, ending Saturday and the following period not starting until mid-April, his team was busy booking charter flights and cramming seven days' worth of visits into four or five days.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Entrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrants. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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