medalist

noun

variants or medallist
Definition of medalistnext
as in prizewinner

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Recent Examples of medalist Three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Nancy Hogshead is calling on the WNBA to explicitly restrict player eligibility to biological females. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Managing Director John Godina is a four-time world champion and two-time Olympic medalist in the shot put category and founder of ALTIS, an elite track and field athlete training center in Phoenix. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Summary Olympic champion April Ross, a three-time medalist, has transitioned to Head Beach Coach for USA Volleyball, now guiding the next generation towards LA28. — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The initiative is among the first major actions undertaken by Fitzgerald Mosley, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field, who was hired by SafeSport in January. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medalist
  1. prizewinner
  2. semifinalist
  3. superstar
  4. finalist
  5. placer
  6. quarterfinalist
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  • This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Learn about North Dakota's history of rodeos and ranching; see prizewinners' saddles; and visit a gallery of bronze sculptures depicting longhorns, horses, and cowboys.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
Definition of prizewinner
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  • The first team preseason All-American is a reason why Indiana could get over the hump in winning the Joe Moore Award this season after checking in as a semifinalist last year.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Pacifica, a semifinalist last season in Division 10, took a 7-0 lead on the first play of the second quarter.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of semifinalist
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  • Alexandria Eala, a rising global superstar, draws a new Filipino fanbase.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Regardless of Ohtani’s status for Sunday, the superstar’s feedback will continue to play a large role in the Dodgers’ decision-making.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of superstar
Noun
  • Johnson, a finalist for the 2024 Chicago Tribune Silver Football at Iowa, was a third-round pick last year.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In the course of his career, Rock has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, and was named a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the John Dos Passos Prize.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of finalist
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  • Most of the early mining there consisted of placer mining — extracting minerals from sand and gravel in river beds — and mining declined during the Civil War.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026
  • Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of placer
Noun
  • Central, a Class 4A quarterfinalist last season, graduated Jonaz Walton, a former AJC Super 11 who rushed for 5,965 yards in his career, now at Notre Dame.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Warriors return six starters and several other key players from last year’s Class 7A state quarterfinalist.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of quarterfinalist

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“Medalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medalist. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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