arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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All-Star arms race The Padres send three relievers to the All-Star Game, a first in MLB history.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Second, China is pragmatic, and the AI arms race offers a good illustration.
—Shuli Ren, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2025
Deployed on People’s Liberation Army Navy ships and tested on land, these lasers are part of a broader US–China arms race to field powerful, precise, and low‑cost directed‑energy defenses.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The fight for psychic children and access to the Upside Down and Dimension X can be boiled down to an arms race, of sorts.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Second, China is pragmatic, and the AI arms race offers a good illustration.
—Shuli Ren, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2025
Deployed on People’s Liberation Army Navy ships and tested on land, these lasers are part of a broader US–China arms race to field powerful, precise, and low‑cost directed‑energy defenses.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The fight for psychic children and access to the Upside Down and Dimension X can be boiled down to an arms race, of sorts.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for arms race
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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