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- noun Somebody or something that appears in a
semi-final of a competition.
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Examples
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While she didn't win -- or even place as a semi-finalist -- she was crowned Miss Congeniality.
Hilary Levey Friedman: Whitey Bulger's Beauty Pageant Connection Hilary Levey Friedman 2011
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One young person who still believes in the power of education to be the great equalizer is Samantha Garvey, the 18-year-old Brentwood, L.I., high school senior who in January was named a semi-finalist in the Intel Science Competition while her family was living in a homeless shelter.
Meryl Ain, Ed.D.: Celebrating Learning, Teaching, and Parenting On Presidents' Day Ed.D. Meryl Ain 2012
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"What is difficult when I'm on the court in that pressure situation and the stress levels are at their highest is that you're likely to say something you don't mean or get angry and upset," the 24-year-old two-times semi-finalist said Sunday.
Murray Calm Before the Storm Neil Harman 2011
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While she didn't win -- or even place as a semi-finalist -- she was crowned Miss Congeniality.
Hilary Levey Friedman: Whitey Bulger's Beauty Pageant Connection Hilary Levey Friedman 2011
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While she didn't win -- or even place as a semi-finalist -- she was crowned Miss Congeniality.
Hilary Levey Friedman: Whitey Bulger's Beauty Pageant Connection Hilary Levey Friedman 2011
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"What is difficult when I'm on the court in that pressure situation and the stress levels are at their highest is that you're likely to say something you don't mean or get angry and upset," the 24-year-old two-times semi-finalist said Sunday.
Murray Calm Before the Storm Neil Harman 2011
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Behind each of these outstanding students is inevitably an extraordinary teacher, and in some cases that teacher is inspiring more than one semi-finalist -- as well as other students who may not be honored in this way, and still more who may have been honored in past years or will be in the future.
James M. Gentile: Learning Already From the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search James M. Gentile 2012
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Previous entries had made it to the quarter-finalist (now Honorable Mention), semi-finalist, and finalist levels, so I knew I was doing something right.
Interview: Matthew S. Rotundo & Krista Hoeppner Leahy odysseyworkshop 2009
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Behind each of these outstanding students is inevitably an extraordinary teacher, and in some cases that teacher is inspiring more than one semi-finalist -- as well as other students who may not be honored in this way, and still more who may have been honored in past years or will be in the future.
James M. Gentile: Learning Already From the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search James M. Gentile 2012
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While she didn't win -- or even place as a semi-finalist -- she was crowned Miss Congeniality.
Hilary Levey Friedman: Whitey Bulger's Beauty Pageant Connection Hilary Levey Friedman 2011
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