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runners-up

noun as in second

noun as in second

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Winners will be rewarded $300,000 and a collaboration with J.Crew, and the two runners-up will receive $100,000.

The response was enthusiastic, and the city got enough submissions to select 10 finalists and 10 runners up (PDF).

Runners-up for the president include “disappointing,” “weak,” “tired,” and “lost.”

In media interviews after the Ryan announcement, the veep runners-up were vague about the number of tax releases they submitted.

Runners up will win an enviable assortment of our favorite new styles in XL!

The others began chorusing their congratulations at once, looking no more convincing than the runners-up in any beauty contest.

Taken objectively there isn't that much difference between myself and the ten runners-up.

As was expected, Buller's easily beat all the outhouses, with Claremont's house as runners-up.

In football the men were almost equally good, and we were good runners-up for the Championship of Palestine.

If they do not hold the runners up, the best catcher in the world cannot stop them at their destination.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to runners-up, such as: double, runner-up, assistant, backer, exponent, and helper.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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