arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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The Individualization of Responsibility The accelerating AI arms race has shifted the burden of career stability and personal security squarely onto the individual.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The system’s arrival in western Japan follows its deployment to the Philippines in April 2024, which drew sharp criticism from Beijing and Moscow, accusing the United States of fueling an arms race.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Drone combat in the war in Ukraine has accelerated an international drone arms race.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
American brewers briefly engaged in a hops arms race, competing to see who could design the bitterest brews.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The system’s arrival in western Japan follows its deployment to the Philippines in April 2024, which drew sharp criticism from Beijing and Moscow, accusing the United States of fueling an arms race.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Drone combat in the war in Ukraine has accelerated an international drone arms race.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
American brewers briefly engaged in a hops arms race, competing to see who could design the bitterest brews.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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