Examples of archrival in a Sentence
In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.
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Unlike its archrival Google, Microsoft is not known for its chip prowess and has largely relied on Nvidia GPUs over its in-house chips.
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Two weeks after setting a Magness Arena record for attendance (7,073, against archrival Colorado College), the crowd at Ball Arena was announced at 12,228, making the decision to stage the game downtown instead of on campus worthwhile.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
The station later posted an explanation to listeners who were not only subjected to obscenities, but also missed a game between the Cowboys and their archrivals.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
These archrivals will be playing each other again one week later at Gillette for a state championship, which only adds to the storyline.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Two weeks after setting a Magness Arena record for attendance (7,073, against archrival Colorado College), the crowd at Ball Arena was announced at 12,228, making the decision to stage the game downtown instead of on campus worthwhile.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
The station later posted an explanation to listeners who were not only subjected to obscenities, but also missed a game between the Cowboys and their archrivals.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
These archrivals will be playing each other again one week later at Gillette for a state championship, which only adds to the storyline.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archrival. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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archrival
noun
arch·ri·val
(ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 
: a principal rival
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