front runner

See also: frontrunner and front-runner

English

WOTD – 19 May 2012, 19 May 2013, 19 May 2014, 19 May 2015

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Noun

front runner (plural front runners)

  1. (idiomatic) One who is the most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.
    • 1955 May 9, “Sport: First-Division Tigers”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 November 2020:
      [T]he American League pennant did not shape up as much of a race. There were the Indians and the Yankees, front runners as usual.
    • 2013 August 25, Georgi Kantchev, “World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 June 2023:
      Dubai, which would be the first host of a world’s fair in the Middle East, has emerged as the front-runner, offering the most financial and governmental support.
    • 2022 August 6, Geneva Abdul, “Liz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as way to tackle cost of living crisis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
      The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis.
  2. (business, finance) One who engages in front running.

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