arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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Companies that can solve problems without depending on the latest infrastructure arms race will prove more resilient when capacity constraints bite.
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Tomás O’Leary, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Texas ignited a national redistricting arms race after state Republicans unveiled a map that would strip the Democrats of five congressional seats.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2025
As the redistricting arms race heats up, a handful of Republican lawmakers have been critical of the Texas GOP's effort to redraw its state's congressional boundaries.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
But such talk is part of what the Union for Concerned Scientists describes as a re-escalation of a nuclear arms race that many thought ended when the Cold War fizzled out.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
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Tomás O’Leary, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Texas ignited a national redistricting arms race after state Republicans unveiled a map that would strip the Democrats of five congressional seats.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2025
As the redistricting arms race heats up, a handful of Republican lawmakers have been critical of the Texas GOP's effort to redraw its state's congressional boundaries.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
But such talk is part of what the Union for Concerned Scientists describes as a re-escalation of a nuclear arms race that many thought ended when the Cold War fizzled out.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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