contender
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Conventional wisdom holds that a young team has to ascend to contender status step by step, taking several years to progress from outside the playoffs to the NBA Finals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Despite the naysayers, Johnson appears excited to be joining a championship contender with the Fever.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Itauma has mentioned that an option is seasoned contender Filip Hrgovic, who fights Dave Allen in May.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
For a defender who only scored only 28 league goals in his entire career, it is probably a contender for one of his best-ever strikes, albeit into the wrong net.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The only serious contender for primacy was Benjamin Franklin, but just before his death in 1790, Franklin himself acknowledged Washington’s supremacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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