Used in a Sentence

finalist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for finalist.

Editorial note

Bitfusion.io is a Techstars company, TechCrunch Disrupt 2015 Finalist and Winner of Austin's A-list hottest emerging startup 2015.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of finalist gathered in one view.

noun

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.

noun

A university student in their final year of study; a senior.

noun

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for finalist.

noun

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.

noun

A university student in their final year of study; a senior.

noun

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

Example sentences

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Bitfusion.io is a Techstars company, TechCrunch Disrupt 2015 Finalist and Winner of Austin's A-list hottest emerging startup 2015.

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So when you understand why those simpler methods aren't done, you'll understand the finalist's actual scaling problem.

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We are a NYC, pre-product, but seed-funded startup that has placed at least as high as finalist in 3 business plan competitions.

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It's safe to assume they are speaking with a few very strong finalist candidates.

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There was a lot of concern over implementation issues during SHA-3 and every finalist did have constant-time implementations, usually coming from the design team itself.

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Good friend of mine was finalist around the early '90s.

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For Catena (another PHC finalist that supports these), the time granularity is 2x to 3x, with efficiency down to 33.3%+ of non-upgraded hashes (after many upgrades).

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My teacher was something like a semi-finalist to be aboard.

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Also, the story I linked to previously was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize.

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Among the designs Ferguson has contributed to is the AES finalist block cipher algorithm Twofish as well as the stream cipher Helix and the Skein hash function.

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It's a weird question to ask, I think, because of the modern ciphers in wide use, the only non-AES cipher (heh) is an estream finalist.

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YC Hacks finalist group was mostly embarrassing.

Quote examples

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"The 36 finalists represent only a fraction of the total number of games to be exhibited, which will include top picks from the inaugural VR Jam and over 120 non-finalist selections including Zoe Quinn's Depression Quest." So Depression Quest was exhibited, but it wasn't a finalist and it didn't win an award.

Proper noun examples

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Got perfect 800 on SAT Math, National Merit Finalist, played two sports.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use finalist in a sentence?

Bitfusion.io is a Techstars company, TechCrunch Disrupt 2015 Finalist and Winner of Austin's A-list hottest emerging startup 2015.

What does finalist mean?

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.

What part of speech is finalist?

finalist is commonly used as noun.