Examples of archrival in a Sentence
In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.
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Isaacman has made clear that returning humans to the moon and eventually establishing a permanent lunar settlement under the Artemis program should be NASA’s top priority, given that the agency is racing its archrival, China, to achieve such goals.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Now imagine being the second-year head coach at the Hoosiers’ in-state archrival.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
That means picking your school’s archrival and, of course, Duke, which everyone hates.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban government of harboring Pakistani militant groups -- mainly the Pakistani Taliban -- that cross the porous volatile border between the two countries to stage attacks against Pakistani forces and also of allying with its archrival, India.
—Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Now imagine being the second-year head coach at the Hoosiers’ in-state archrival.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
That means picking your school’s archrival and, of course, Duke, which everyone hates.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban government of harboring Pakistani militant groups -- mainly the Pakistani Taliban -- that cross the porous volatile border between the two countries to stage attacks against Pakistani forces and also of allying with its archrival, India.
—Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archrival. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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archrival
noun
arch·ri·val
(ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 
: a principal rival
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