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Recent Examples of finalist
Liguori Academy, a 2024 Yass Prize semi-finalist, is one of these schools.
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
San Marcos took third in the Channel League, which included Division 4 finalist Dos Pueblos.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
His debut novel, Falling Hour (Coach House Books, 2023), was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Sennecke, the Ducks’ 20-year-old Calder Trophy finalist, opened the scoring with just the second power-play goal allowed by the Golden Knights in the entire postseason, ending a streak of 21 straight kills.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
San Marcos took third in the Channel League, which included Division 4 finalist Dos Pueblos.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
His debut novel, Falling Hour (Coach House Books, 2023), was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Sennecke, the Ducks’ 20-year-old Calder Trophy finalist, opened the scoring with just the second power-play goal allowed by the Golden Knights in the entire postseason, ending a streak of 21 straight kills.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
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Some draftees have an immediate impact—this year’s Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks, started two key players who were drafted last spring—but the process is mainly a means of incremental, long-term improvement.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The cases at Grapevine, Poolville and Jacksboro ended seasons for a defending state champion, a district champion and a regional semifinalist.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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Liar’s Dice, her first novel, was a winner of the 2024 Irish Writers Centre’s Novel Fair and a semifinalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The Bulldogs, regular-season conference champs, need to win one more game, against the survivor of the Columbia-Brown game on Sunday.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Shorter races for three-year-olds later in the summer like the grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park in New Jersey will be likely targets for the Preakness champ.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Joining perennial top-placer Jane in the top two this week is … Kenya Pleaser?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Energy stocks—one of the few reliable winners of the conflict—sold off with oil.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Without further ado, here are the winners and losers of NFL schedule release day.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.—
Franklin Leonard,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finalist. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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