arms race

noun

: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons

broadly : an ever escalating race or competition

Examples of arms race in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Olivia’s now decisively up a point in the Carpenter-Rodrigo arms race to collect ‘80s pop icons like Pokémon. —Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026

While Amazon has not explicitly detailed the precise destination for every dollar, TechCrunch said the loan underscores that tech giants are aggressively burning through unprecedented cash reserves to survive the artificial intelligence arms race. —Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 June 2026

So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 June 2026

That’s why the industry is entering what can only be described as a data arms race. —Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for arms race

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