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as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
a strong contender for the mayoral position
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as in competitor
one who strives for the same thing as another
several contenders competing for the title of the city's best Italian restaurant
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Recent Examples of contender
Both are well behind perennial state-title contender South Dade, which has 199 points.
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Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The Seahawks will immediately be a contender for free agent quarterbacks like Sam Darnold, Aaron Rodgers and others searching for a new team.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
The Knicks now fall to 0-8 this season against legitimate championship contenders.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
The pressing question was whether Lucas, the 36-year-old son of former NBA star and coach John Lucas, would remain with the Blue Devils through the post-season, as the Blue Devils are a national title contender.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The Seahawks will immediately be a contender for free agent quarterbacks like Sam Darnold, Aaron Rodgers and others searching for a new team.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
The Knicks now fall to 0-8 this season against legitimate championship contenders.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
The pressing question was whether Lucas, the 36-year-old son of former NBA star and coach John Lucas, would remain with the Blue Devils through the post-season, as the Blue Devils are a national title contender.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contender
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The mean number of external letters per candidate was 6.25.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Just whittling down a potential pool of hundreds of jury candidates is expected to last as many as three days at the end of April, the judge said, before the final panel undergoes voir dire questioning, scheduled to begin the first few days of May.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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In fact, research shows that companies putting talent at the heart of their business strategy achieve higher total shareholder returns than their competitors.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The event, which included more than 90 competitors from sixth to eighth grade, brought together students from public and independent schools countywide at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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Further, protecting contestants from isolation and being exemplified or tokenized – at all levels of productions – is needed to provide greater accountability when portraying the raw realities of LGBTQ people on screen in a reality setting.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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Further, protecting contestants from isolation and being exemplified or tokenized – at all levels of productions – is needed to provide greater accountability when portraying the raw realities of LGBTQ people on screen in a reality setting.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s rocky relationship with Zelensky goes back five years—to when Trump first held up military assistance Congress had authorized for Ukraine to coerce Zelensky into investigating his political rival Joe Biden.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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Poilievre is Trudeau's rival and a favorite to become Canada's next leader, according to recent polls.—
Democrat-Gazette staff and wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Contender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contender. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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