corrivals

plural of corrival
as in competitors
one who strives for the same thing as another two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation

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Noun
  • Comcast faces competitors beyond traditional telecommunications firms, including AT&T and T-Mobile.
    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
Noun
  • Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • 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.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • 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.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • After six innings, the crowd of 38,872 watching two historic rivals sat through a 15-minute delay.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The South American rivals may just end up facing each other in a week.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
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“Corrivals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrivals. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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