Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is in a leading position in a race or other competition.
- noun A competitor who performs best when in the lead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a competitor thought to be most likely to win.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
front runner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a competitor thought likely to win
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Examples
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For days, Mr. Monti, 68, a well-respected economist with close ties to European Union officials, has been identified as the front-runner.
NYT > Home Page By RACHEL DONADIO 2011
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It was 22-year-old rocker James Durbin of Santa Cruz., Calif., who was dubbed a front-runner though.
The Seattle Times 2011
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For days, Mr. Monti, 68, a well-respected economist with close ties to European Union officials, has been identified as the front-runner.
NYT > Global Home By RACHEL DONADIO 2011
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In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney's campaign has the look and feel of a front-runner, which is important because his single biggest advantage in this race is his ability to convey the sense that he and his operation have the best chance to beat President Obama.
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Rick Perry, the Texas governor struggling to make an impression in South Carolina, has called the front-runner a "vulture capitalist".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Alex Spillius 2012
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Romney hasn't even gotten to be called the front-runner very often without some diminishing adjective "putative," "apparent," "seeming" thrown in.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post E.J. Dionne Jr. 2011
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Gingrich's ad then compares Romney to them and calls the front-runner a "Massachusetts moderate who runs away from Ronald Reagan."
NYDN Rss 2012
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In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney's campaign has the look and feel of a front-runner, which is important because his single biggest advantage in this race is his ability to convey the sense that he and his operation have the best chance to beat President Obama.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.
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Romney is generally described as the front-runner and has been from the start.
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