main challenger

Frequency: 8.228.9 per million words

the primary or most important opponent

challengerADJECTIVE + challenger

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main

Examples (10)

  • The incumbent's main challenger in the election is gaining in the polls.
  • The defending champion will face his main challenger in the final match.
  • This new startup has emerged as the main challenger to the industry leader.
  • During the debate, she focused her arguments against the main challenger.
  • Analysts are discussing who will be the main challenger for the party's nomination.
  • For years, our company had no serious rivals, but now we have a main challenger.
  • The boxer trained relentlessly, knowing his main challenger was undefeated.
  • In the chess tournament, the young prodigy became the main challenger to the grandmaster.
  • The poll identified a senator from a rural state as the president's main challenger.
  • He was considered the frontrunner until a surprisingly strong main challenger entered the race.