How to Use competition in a Sentence

competition

noun
  • They had a competition to see who could sell the most lemonade.
  • Prices are lower when there is competition among the stores.
  • Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.
  • Covid meant that competition—the lifeblood of the sport—was put on hold.
    — Martina Navratilova, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • There wasn’t the same kind of competition coming out of the LA gallery scene.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The team is 5-10-3 in all competitions this season and last in the MLS standings.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Brown’s total gave her the first-day lead in the Girls’ Class 7A competition.
    — Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2023
  • There are 12 teams in the competition and they are split into four groups of three.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Here are the dishes that took home the glory at the pre-event competition this year.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
  • This is kind of like the first real look at us as a team against some great competition.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The reality is that the Age of the ’Fit Pic has made space for competition.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The author also says that Trump and Epstein had a competition over who would be the first to sleep with the late of Wales.
    — Ewan Palmer, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Yet for those who still aspire to join the C-suite, the competition for top jobs is intense.
    — Cassandra Frangos, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • When jobs are scarce, there is a lot of competition even for openings that pay low wages.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • There will also be a 40-yard dash competition with a prize for the fastest runner up for grabs.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Bride did, and luckily for the soon-to-be-wed dino, the judges voted for Bride to stick around in the competition.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2022
  • While the playoff races are heating up, so, too, is the competition for league awards.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And as contenders implode around the league, so does the competition.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This year was their first time in the pumpkin competition.
    — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Their absences open the door for competition for the third running back spot.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The lack of resale competition may buoy the new-home market a bit more than normal, though.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • To win what will be a long-term competition, the United States must seize the mantle of change that China has claimed.
    — Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Yoshida would pick Jones’s brain about the big leagues — what the pitching was like, the overall competition.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In any case, this year’s competition is (Sasha) fierce!
    — Lori Majewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Not that this is a competition, let alone a boxing match.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The particular blend of the fabric in this V neck is what sets it apart from the competition.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Learn more about the competition at https://fleadhcheoil.ie.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The campaign came ahead of the 37th America’s Cup sailing competition, which took place in Barcelona in the fall.
    — Luisa Zargani, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Madrid has a mountain to climb in the decider at home a week from now, though if its anyone that can overcome such a deficit in the elite competition, look no further than the 15-time record winners and defending champions of the big-eared trophy.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Trump sees tariffs as a tool to protect domestic manufacturing businesses from unfair global competition or to open up open markets such as the EU's so American businesses can sell more freely in them.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025

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