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Recent Examples of finalist
The series has also been honored as a finalist for a 2025 Education Writers Award, which has yet to be announced.
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Staff Report, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Two Kentucky chefs have been named finalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, the James Beard Foundation announced Wednesday.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Tiago beat out more than 15 million hopeful players competing in the in-game tournament to join the 10 finalists in the live event.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 June 2025
In keeping with the first two editions, the Afro Fashion Association, which boasts a database of more than 3,000 professionals based in Italy, has shortlisted 22 finalists competing for one of the 10 prizes across the five categories: culture, legacy, creativity, community and entrepreneurship.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Staff Report, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Two Kentucky chefs have been named finalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, the James Beard Foundation announced Wednesday.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Tiago beat out more than 15 million hopeful players competing in the in-game tournament to join the 10 finalists in the live event.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 June 2025
In keeping with the first two editions, the Afro Fashion Association, which boasts a database of more than 3,000 professionals based in Italy, has shortlisted 22 finalists competing for one of the 10 prizes across the five categories: culture, legacy, creativity, community and entrepreneurship.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalist
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Matt Davis, a two-time NCAA champion with the University of Denver, signed a one-year AHL deal with the Barracuda in April.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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The trio will join 47 other players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to learn from baseball legends such as two-time World Series champion Dusty Baker and Hall of Fame outfielder Andre Dawson and get coached by Atlanta Braves greats Brian Jordan and David Justice.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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Freire defended his featherweight crown three times as a two-division champ before losing a July 2021 submission to A.J. McKee.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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After asking the tennis champ about his plans to celebrate and wind down, as well as his elbow injury, Sinner then took the three tennis balls that Charlotte, 10, was holding and began to sign them.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Sentinel Standouts Nikolas Blake, Hagerty, Jr. Buzz: Class 3A third placer in 150-pound weight class.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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The winner’s share for the U.S. Open has nearly doubled since 2021, when Jon Rahm earned $2.25 million, while the bump is 50% at the British Open.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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Vote at the link at the bottom of the winners list, and see all the pictures of the students in the video above.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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“Finalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finalist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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