noun
Other Word Forms
- uncontestant noun
Etymology
Origin of contestant
Example Sentences
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She says it was only "a few years ago" when she and fellow contestant Amy Gledhill were performing in a Leeds club "where the green room is essentially a cupboard with beer barrels as seats".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In casting her, ABC broke with its typical pattern of picking someone who had previously appeared as a contestant on “The Bachelor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
And Paul’s casting as “The Bachelorette” makes her the first heroine who was not a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
She was the fourth contestant to be eliminated, despite achieving consistently high scores from the judges, and later said during an Instagram Live that she had been “bullied off the show.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“You’re the only black contestant out of fifty states.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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