finalist

IPA: fˈaɪnʌɫɪst

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
A university student in their final year of study.
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

Examples of "finalist" in Sentences

The Rhodes scholar finalist is accustomed to setting his goals high and meeting them.
The Butkus Award semi-finalist is regarded as one of the premier defenders in college football ...
Once a finalist is put forward, coverage backs off to relatively equal coverage through election day.
Less than a year after losing his wife to heart disease the American Idol 8 finalist is grieving the death of another family member.
Nonetheless, the former Top 10 finalist is back on the scene and hoping to make an impression with his sassy new summer single, “24/7.”
"Getting a nomination for a World Technology Award was overwhelming, and to have been designated a finalist is abundantly above all I could have asked for."
Undrafted out of high school, the two-time Big 12 player of year and Golden Spikes Award finalist is hitting .382 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI for the Huskers.
Palin, a former Miss Alaska finalist, is the hero of another ex-beauty queen, Carrie Prejean, who conducted her own media tour last week for her book "Still Standing."
If the Hurricanes fail to make up the difference, it will mark the first time in modern NHL history that neither Stanley Cup finalist from the previous season made the playoffs.