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- noun Plural form of
finisher .
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Examples
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If no candidate wins more than 50 percent in the first round of voting, a second-round runoff between the top two finishers is scheduled for the end of November.
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If no candidate wins more than 50 percent in the first round of voting, a second-round runoff between the top two finishers is scheduled for the end of November.
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There were only 77 finishers from a starting field of 132.
Leipheimer wins Tour of California; Hincapie takes final stage 2008
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But a top-three finish puts a skier at the front of the line for the remaining Olympic berths, and the tiebreaker among top-three finishers is "best World Cup finish."
USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Dawson lands clutch flips 2006
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The second occurred when the tied candidates failed to collect a majority of the votes; in this situation they had to compete in a runoff of the top five finishers from the original vote.
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The second occurred when the tied candidates failed to collect a majority of the votes; in this situation they had to compete in a runoff of the top five finishers from the original vote.
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But, definitely the finishers are a higher class of knitter.
Bronzed Sara M 2006
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It is true, as above, that in the original dress, as a piece of cloth or drugget, or stuff, comes out of the hand of the maker, it does not show itself as it really is, nor what it should and ought to show: thus far these people are properly called finishers of the manufactures, and their work is not lawful only, but it is a doing justice to the manufacture.
The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Daniel Defoe 1696
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Fight fans love finishers, which is probably a big reason why
SI.com 2010
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The Malaysian funded outfit had two of its cars classified as finishers in Bahrain when others faltered, and Heikki Kovalainen was only one of two among the rookie teams who completed the Australian GP, well ahead of HRT's Karun Chandhok.
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