entrant

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett—the smash-mouth, headline-grabbing late entrant to the primary—isn’t running away with the race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Susquehanna, founded by Jeff Yass, was an early entrant into prediction markets and is a part owner of Kalshi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, Polish artist Karolina Czarnecka, alongside her band Brutto Szkła, announced this week she was withdrawing from the competition to find Poland's 2026 entrant because she cannot "consent to the suffering of another human being".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Big Blue was an early entrant in the space, and aims to release a fault-tolerant quantum supercomputer by the end of the decade.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

All fish must be caught on hook and line; one rod per entrant, which must be affixed to the pier or held by the entrant at all times.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn