as in contestants
one who strives for the same thing as another
the competitors for this prestigious science award come from the best high schools in the country
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Recent Examples of competitors
Comcast faces competitors beyond traditional telecommunications firms, including AT&T and T-Mobile.
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Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
Among its competitors, Swiss challenger On and fellow performance specialist Hoka have rewritten the rules of the premium running market, winning over consumers through a ruthless pursuit of innovation rather than celebrity endorsements alone.
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Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In others, competitors are picked by the national broadcaster.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
This year marks the third year in which Ford has far outpaced its competitors in recalls.
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Keith Laing,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction – and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Amazon is currently leading the market in consumer trust, with 30 percent of shoppers favoring its AI shopping assistants over competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Walmart.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
In a sense, Western multinationals unwittingly created their chief global competitors, along with the conditions for their own demise.
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Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.
—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
Among its competitors, Swiss challenger On and fellow performance specialist Hoka have rewritten the rules of the premium running market, winning over consumers through a ruthless pursuit of innovation rather than celebrity endorsements alone.
—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In others, competitors are picked by the national broadcaster.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
This year marks the third year in which Ford has far outpaced its competitors in recalls.
—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction – and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown.
—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Amazon is currently leading the market in consumer trust, with 30 percent of shoppers favoring its AI shopping assistants over competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Walmart.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
In a sense, Western multinationals unwittingly created their chief global competitors, along with the conditions for their own demise.
—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competitors
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Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs.
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In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
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Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
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Elsewhere, general classification contenders Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) all produced good performances to stay within 40 seconds of the leading pair.
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The club is one year into PSG Labs, 15 years into the broader brand project, and still operating in a country where broadcast television revenue—the financial backbone of English and Spanish football—is dramatically lower than its rivals.
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Targeting political rivals The Justice Department’s role in the IRS lawsuit is one example of how Trump has decreed that executive branch employees should act as agents of his will.
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Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Richard Nguyen returning as champion to face two new challengers.
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Three Democratic incumbents have now lost to progressive challengers as midterms season kicks into high gear.
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