other contender

collocation in English

meaningsofotherandcontender

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other
adjective
uk
/ˈʌð.ər/us
/ˈʌð.ɚ/
different to what is usual or expected, and sometimes not ...
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contender
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈten.dər/us
/kənˈten.dɚ/
someone who competes with other people to try to ...
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(Definition ofotherandcontenderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If such a situation occurred in later rounds theothercontendersimply won the match by default and advanced further.
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He therefore took time out of everyothercontenderin the race, and moved up in the overall standings again, to seventh.
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One finalist was so badly injured that he refused to start after his whistle and theothercontenderwon the show by default.
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There are other contenders, and we look forward to hearing from them.
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I am not sure whether all the other contenders will have equal right to speak and equal time this evening.
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I hope that all other contenders will honour their previous promises and set out what they would do about tax.
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I hope that, in the next four or five days, we shall hear where the other contenders for high office stand on the issue.
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I am well aware that there are other contenders.
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I suspect that we shall hear about some other contenders for that award later.
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We are also examining other contenders that have been suggested to us.
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Social habits are changing, and there are other contenders for people's leisure.
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There are no other contenders.
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No doubt there are other contenders.
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It was judged less satisfactory than those of other contenders in terms of completeness, being more restricted in the range of vehicles and equipments offered and options.
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Amott later said that she wiped the floor with all the other contenders.
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They took a lead of over a minute against the race's other contenders.
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He would end up benefitting from the misfortunes of three other contenders.
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His $5,015,735 portfolio value outpaced all the other contenders.
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There were several other contenders for the post of party leader.
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Other contenders and their claims are discussed, but only those made under controlled conditions and measured by outside observers.
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