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Recent Examples of competes
Google, whose Gemini chatbot competes with ChatGPT, has been slower to sign such deals.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Bill Belichick camped the team at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian school that competes at the Division II level.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The following year, the group made its first acquisition by buying a controlling stake in FC Como Women, which competes in Italy’s top-tier women’s soccer league, Serie A Femminile.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The excitement is mostly around cloud infrastructure, where Oracle competes with Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The Black Widow star's Eleanor The Great, which stars 95-year-old June Squibb, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, but competes for the coveted TIFF People's Choice Award this year against California Schemin'.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pacific Coast Harmony also competes against other groups in the region and most recently successfully defended its Eastern Division Chorus title in the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Far Western District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Sara Morganti is the Olympic para-dressage champion who competes wearing the Loro Piana uniform as part of the Loro Piana Paradressage Team.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Aston Martin has, as noted, pushed its cars decidedly upmarket, and this pinnacle offering now competes, in price and power, directly with vehicles such as the $504,000 Ferrari 12Cilindri Spider while coming in well above the Bentley Continental GTC, which starts at $336,000.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Reuters, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Bill Belichick camped the team at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian school that competes at the Division II level.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The following year, the group made its first acquisition by buying a controlling stake in FC Como Women, which competes in Italy’s top-tier women’s soccer league, Serie A Femminile.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The excitement is mostly around cloud infrastructure, where Oracle competes with Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The Black Widow star's Eleanor The Great, which stars 95-year-old June Squibb, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, but competes for the coveted TIFF People's Choice Award this year against California Schemin'.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pacific Coast Harmony also competes against other groups in the region and most recently successfully defended its Eastern Division Chorus title in the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Far Western District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Sara Morganti is the Olympic para-dressage champion who competes wearing the Loro Piana uniform as part of the Loro Piana Paradressage Team.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Aston Martin has, as noted, pushed its cars decidedly upmarket, and this pinnacle offering now competes, in price and power, directly with vehicles such as the $504,000 Ferrari 12Cilindri Spider while coming in well above the Bentley Continental GTC, which starts at $336,000.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
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The Nashville lawsuit contends the company’s business model and insufficient safety protocols put women in harm’s way.—
Sandy Mazza,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Sep. 2025
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Even though those teams didn’t hire him as head coach, the NFL contends Flores’ employment contract as a Patriots assistant coach in 2019 and his contract as a Steelers assistant coach in 2022 both contain arbitration clauses and apply.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The event takes place after the boat races.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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RDREs use a detonation wave that races around a circular channel, which produces short, high-pressure bursts that drive up thrust and efficiency.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As always, secrets emerge, fights ensue, and Madea makes a speech to bring everyone back together.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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As the immune system fights the infection, the tissues in the urinary tract become inflamed.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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