Application and Contestant

Application

Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Contestant and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contestant" instead a noun "Application".

Contestant noun - One who strives for the same thing as another.

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Application and contestant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Contestant".

Nearby Words: contest, contestation, contesting

old	old application	old contestant
good	good application	good contestant
particular	particular application	particular contestant
normal	normal application	normal contestant
Other adjectives: common, single, popular, actual, real, successful, famous, new, different.

One application is Wheel of Fortune, when the director signals (subtly) to Pat Sajak that the contestant has landed on the $100,000 or $1 million wedges.

Source: Hand Signals
Departing contestants received a copy, which is quite ironic since the game contained a contestant application.

Source: Series / The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
The show's official contestant application states that there is no such thing as a repeat appearance if you have ever appeared on the American Wheel, regardless of version or host (this includes Wheel 2000), you can't come back.

Source: Series / Wheel of Fortune

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