front runner

Noun

Meaning

a competitor thought likely to win

Source: WordNet

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Adlai E. Stevenson, front-runner for the party's presidential nomination in 1956, urged the government to "proceed gradually" on school desegregation in deference to the South's long-held "traditions." Source: Internet

Another front-runner, Moderna, that its vaccine, which uses similar technology, was 94.5 percent effective and that the company also expected to apply soon for emergency authorization. Source: Internet

At this point I’d consider it a potential front runner in a number of categories, including cinematography, film editing, art direction, original score and maybe even picture and director. Source: Internet

Although Fraser had been seen as a front-runner to succeed Corbat for awhile, many analysts found the change to be abrupt. Source: Internet

And Rodgers has always been a front runner. Source: Internet

By June, McCarthy won in Oregon and Pennsylvania, while Kennedy had won in Indiana and Nebraska, though Humphrey was the front runner as he led the delegate count. Source: Internet

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