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front runner
noun
- a person who leads in any competition.
- an entrant in a race who breaks to the front immediately and establishes the pace for the field.
- an entrant in a race who performs well only when ahead of the field.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of front runner1
Example Sentences
The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.
Vape and battery maker Supreme is front runner to buy Typhoo, the BBC understands.
The first two leadership ballots of Conservative MPs made him the front runner in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak.
When it became clear that one-time front runner Hasan Minhaj wasn’t going to get the job, Wood started to worry that there was no plan for “The Daily Show” as it headed into an election year — and as massive changes were underway at Comedy Central’s parent company, Paramount Global.
Fellow FX series “Shōgun” has long been considered the front runner in the drama categories.
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