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The phrase "a potential winner for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone or something that has the possibility of winning a competition or achieving success in a particular context.
Example: "After reviewing all the candidates, we believe that Sarah is a potential winner for the scholarship."
Alternatives: "a likely candidate for" or "a strong contender for".
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Moments earlier, a timely intervention by home defender Kevin McNaughton denied Chris McCann a potential winner for the visitors, who seemed content to hold onto a point as the game wore on.
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He was suddenly being taken seriously as a potential winner of the Iowa caucuses for the first time in months, but that was not enough of a lift for Senator John Kerry on Thursday.
This year Ida, who at 84 had entered Now or Never territory, was again being actively discussed as a potential winner: it was time for an American, a woman, a poet: why not all three in one?
Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin was another Republican whom party leaders had seen as a potential winner, but she lost her race for state controller to Democrat Betty Yee, a state Board of Equalization member.
A rocket and, for the moment, a potential winner.
But he is already facing a challenge from a younger team-mate at BMC Racing, with many tipping the 24-year-old Tejay van Garderen as a potential winner after he claimed the white jersey for the best young rider last year.
Turkey has emerged as a potential winner.
It took me no time to spot a potential winner.
We will exclude Labour as a potential winner.
And Richard Henriksson wrotes in from Sweden with a potential winner.
But he describes a potential "winner's curse".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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