How to Use front-runner in a Sentence

front-runner

noun

• The poll found no clear front-runner.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• Right now, polls show a few front-runners.
  — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
• Here are our takes on four of the front-runners.
  — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 15 May 2026
• Weaver is not the betting front-runner for the job.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
• There are a bunch of solid front-runners to take the pope seat.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 May 2025
• And the two front-runners are loading up.
  — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• Polling hasn’t signaled a clear front-runner.
  — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
• Jones still seems to be the front-runner to get the Week 1 nod.
  — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
• If the front-runner is to be taken down, someone will have to do it.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• If healthy, Pocic is the clear front-runner to start at center.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 17 July 2026
• The only team to win all three of their group games is a worthy front-runner.
  — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2025
• Schaefer is the front-runner for the same honor.
  — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Pickett seems to be the front-runner to be the Week 1 starter.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
• Bullard had an up and down rookie year, but looks like the front-runner to win the nickel job.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
• He was not considered the front-runner.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
• Kartye enters as the clear front-runner for the fourth and final spot.
  — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
• Who becomes a front-runner may come down to who campaigns best during phase two.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 24 July 2026
• Nashville felt like a front-runner for a bit, but Texas might be gaining.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
• Ryan Rodriguez looks like the clear front-runner at center.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
• The front-runner, though, was Lane Kiffin.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
• Auburn seemed like the front-runner last offseason, but Davis beat him out.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
• The fundraising front-runner is a repeat from last quarter.
  — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
• The younger Khamenei was seen as the front-runner for the role and is viewed as a hardliner.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2026
• Porter has been regarded as the early front-runner.
  — George Skelton, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
• Meryl Davis was the front-runner on the show's 18th season from the get-go.
  — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• Still, for all the changes the past eight days brought to the race, there isn’t a clear front-runner among the Democrats.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
• Isaiah Wynn is expected to be the front-runner to start at left guard.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• The latest voter survey shows no clear front-runner in the contest.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
• With the fall film festivals over, is there an Oscar front-runner?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• However, the front-runner in the bidding to build the system is.
  — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023