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1. • • someone in a competition who is unlikely to do well or who has failed: For every champion horse, there are thousands of also-rans. He helped to turn the team from also-rans to Premier League winners.
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     ALSO-RAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   someone in a competition who is unlikely to do well or who has failed: For every champion horse, there are thousands of also-rans. He helped to turn the team from also-rans to Premier League winners. Fewer examples. In this sport, a fraction of a second can separate the winner from the also-rans.

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     someone in a competition who is unlikely to do well or who...

   • Znaczenie Also-Ran, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     also-ran definicja: 1. someone in a competition who is...

   • Also-Ran in Traditional Chinese

     ALSO-RAN translate: （比賽、競爭中的）失敗者，落選者. Learn more in the...

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     ALT- definition: 1. abbreviation for alternative: used to...

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   What is also-ran noun?

   • Definition of also-ran noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person who is not successful, especially in a competition or an election A year ago he was just an also-ran for the Democratic nomination. The campaign transformed him from an also-ran in the polls to front-runner.

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   Is paramount a 'ran'?

   • Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024 Over time, as the studio attempted to navigate rapidly shifting consumer habits and a volatile streaming landscape, Paramount came to be regarded as something of an also-ran.

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   Is the money in the bank a 'also-ran'?

   • All the cash in the bank is little compensation for another season playing also-ran. It condemns teams to being also-rans. He will have to control his emotions if results do not come quickly and the sponsors refuse to back a serial winner turned also-ran. Where once great things were expected, now she is more also-ran than star turn.

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   Are women a 'also-ran'?

   • Many people have dismissed this company as an also-ran. Anything less and they are just another also-ran. Now it's increasingly looking like an also-ran. Women, it seemed, were also-rans where the work of salvation was concerned. That innovation is creating real value and is separating the winners from the also-rans.

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   The meaning of ALSO-RAN is a horse or dog that finishes out of the money in a race. How to use also-ran in a sentence.

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   If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.

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   someone in a competition who is unlikely to do well or who has failed: For every champion horse, there are thousands of also-rans. He helped to turn the team from also-rans to Super Bowl winners. Fewer examples. In this sport, a fraction of a second can separate the winner from the also-rans.

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   Also-ran definition: (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.. See examples of ALSO-RAN used in a sentence.

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   also-ran. noun. /ˈɔːlsəʊ ræn/. /ˈɔːlsəʊ ræn/. a person who is not successful, especially in a competition or an election. A year ago he was just an also-ran for the Democratic nomination. The campaign transformed him from an also-ran in the polls to front-runner.