competed; competing
: to strive consciously or unconsciously for an objective (such as position, profit, or a prize) : be in a state of rivalry
competing teams
companies competing for customers
Examples of compete in a Sentence
Thousands of applicants are competing for the same job.
She competed against students from around the country.
We are competing with companies that are twice our size.
Did you compete in the track meet on Saturday?
The radio and the television were both on, competing for our attention.
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Smith is a double computer science and statistics major from California, per the college’s student newspaper, and also competed on the women’s swimming and diving team.
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Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The activists included local teenage girls, some of whom competed alongside or against Hernandez in the past.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, Gaines repeatedly criticized a Minnesota high school softball league for allowing Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender athlete, to compete in the 2025 Class AAAA Softball State Championship.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The luxury veteran estimated that in the past 30 years, family run companies in Limoges competing on an international level shrank from 40 to 50 firms to just seven.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The activists included local teenage girls, some of whom competed alongside or against Hernandez in the past.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, Gaines repeatedly criticized a Minnesota high school softball league for allowing Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender athlete, to compete in the 2025 Class AAAA Softball State Championship.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The luxury veteran estimated that in the past 30 years, family run companies in Limoges competing on an international level shrank from 40 to 50 firms to just seven.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for compete
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“Compete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compete. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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