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as in has-been
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as in entrant
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Recent Examples of also-ran
For almost a quarter century, Randy Bennett has turned this tiny Catholic college from an also-ran to a perennial NCAA Tournament team.
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Brett Koremenos, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Maybe producers didn't want to repeat the classic sketches used in 2015, leaving the 50th stuck with the also-rans and ones that are less than a year old.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Speaking of Gordon, the longtime Dunk Contest also-ran was shouted out online, with Rob Lopez of FanDuel opining that Gordon is still the superior Dunk Contest competitor in Magic history.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Knocking on the door along with Ottawa are perennial Atlantic Division also-rans Montreal and Detroit.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
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Brett Koremenos, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Maybe producers didn't want to repeat the classic sketches used in 2015, leaving the 50th stuck with the also-rans and ones that are less than a year old.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Speaking of Gordon, the longtime Dunk Contest also-ran was shouted out online, with Rob Lopez of FanDuel opining that Gordon is still the superior Dunk Contest competitor in Magic history.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Knocking on the door along with Ottawa are perennial Atlantic Division also-rans Montreal and Detroit.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also-ran
Noun
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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t a turn of events that Macchio, 63, possibly could have expected just a few years ago, when most of Hollywood had dismissed him as an Eighties has-been.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The chilling effect on expression and innovation would be especially pronounced for new market entrants.—
Daryl Lim,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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Monitoring: Regulators should be monitoring the market and providing regulations as needed to help new entrants enter the market as well as preventing big players from buying up their competition and creating monopolies.—
Neven Dilkov,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On a basic level, players would also navigate the game in Part II not as Joel, the primary playable character in the first entry, but as Ellie and Abby.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
13 Apr. 2025
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Whitney, with the Rooted in Littleton group, conceded that the high barrier to entry for younger people looking for a starter home in the metro area is something to pay attention to.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Also-ran.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/also-ran. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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