finalist
noun/ˈfaɪnəlɪst/
Frequency rank: #8,110 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who reaches the final round of a competition.
Example sentence
She worked hard all year and became a top finalist in the national spelling competition.
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