also-ran
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“CBS Mornings” has long been the ratings also-ran in the mornings behind NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The company was once an also-ran in the AI race, chasing what appeared to be a near-insurmountable OpenAI lead after the company released ChatGPT in late 2022 and began accumulating hundreds of millions of users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
Intel has gone from a chip also-ran to a legitimate player in the AI computing boom.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
With Rosemont in the race, no one had any reason to believe that the horse Tom Smith was leading down the platform would be anything more than an also-ran.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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