front-runner

plural front-runners

1. alternativeAlternative form of front runner.

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   But which stations will be finished first? Custom House and Tottenham Court Road are front-runners - the first because it is a relatively simple overground station and the latter because much of the work for the Elizabeth Line was completed as part of the rebuilding of the London Underground station.

   2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways, page 92