ENTRANTS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

entrants

noun

plural of entrant

as in entries

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 To date, astronomers have found more than 6,300 of these alien worlds orbiting other stars, with new entrants to our exoplanetary catalogs arriving practically every day. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026 The real test will come as some of the new Hollywood entrants to the vertical space really get going with their more polished releases. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 At the Grand Slams, which have 128 entrants in the men’s and women’s singles fields, wild cards usually take up six percent of the entries. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 While rising college-going rates helped university entrants grow to 640,000 over that period, the government projects that number will fall to about 510,000 by 2040 as demographic decline accelerates. — Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 But Tencent is facing a slew of competition in the AI space, from established titans like Alibaba to newer entrants like DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, the developer of the Kimi models. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 The sluggish job market has shut out new entrants and left people like Ruiz feeling stuck. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 The goal is to get more Derby horses to run in the Preakness after more than 85% of the entrants in the last five years, including three winners — Rich Strike (2022), Sovereignty (2025) and Golden Tempo (2026) — skipped the Maryland race. — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 For years, monthly job gains of around 125,000 to 150,000 were considered necessary to offset entrants into the workforce. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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Noun

At the Grand Slams, which have 128 entrants in the men’s and women’s singles fields, wild cards usually take up six percent of the entries.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Out of 90 total concessionaires, 46 participated this year, with a record-breaking number of 77 different entries.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of entries

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Though Unitree is profitable, unlike most of its competitors, its products are mainly being sold to universities and research institutions rather than being used commercially.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
Mohammed Zahidullah, chief sustainability officer at DBL Group, warned that Bangladesh risks losing orders to competitors including India, Pakistan and Vietnam as those sourcing markets move more quickly to adopt renewable energy.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Meanwhile, outside the five districts that Democrats hope to switch, there are safely Democratic districts where progressive candidates are jousting with mainstream rivals, a subset of the national party’s ideological conflict.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Two possible Democratic 2028 presidential candidates — ex-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rahm Emanuel, an ex-Chicago mayor who was President Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff — have campaigned with Powell.

— Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of candidates

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Eli Zamorano, Sierra Canyon, linebacker, sophomore Zamorano is a rising sophomore who is considered among the top recruits in the 2029 class.

— Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
The 2008 financial crisis, the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, saw the Army enlist about 80,500 active-duty recruits.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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