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Definition of Also-ran

1. Noun. A contestant who loses the contest.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Also-ran

alprostadil Alps Alp protease already alright ALS ALS Alsace Alsatia alsatian

alseroxylon alsike alsikes also also also-ran (current term) Alsobia Alsobia dianthiflora alsoon alsoone

Alsophila Alsophila pometaria also known as Alstonia Alstonia scholaris alstroemeria Alstroemeriaceae Alstroemeria pelegrina Alstrom's syndrome ALT

Literary usage of Also-ran

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1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"I in spirit rose as if on billows that also ran up the shaft for ever ; and the billows seemed to pursue the throne of God ; but that also ran before us and ..."

2. Canada: Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Provinces by Eva Ambros (1998)
"... also ran across the fishing banks off Newfoundland, and Portuguese fishermen were wintering in Ingonish. Nova Scotia, as early as the ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"I in spirit rose, as if on billows that also ran up the shaft forever, and the billows seemed to pursue the throne of God; but that also ran before us and ..."

4. The Blue Ribbon of the Turf: A Chronicle of the Race for the Derby, from the by James Glass Bertram (1890)
"g^ R¡bbon , feu to another gentleman, Mr. Cartwright, who also ran two of his ... His lordship also ran (Jurl.orly Hull. ' '"imi il« I... grange ran two of ..."

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