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

Trump, though, has warned of a slowdown in AI development ceding the technological arms race to China. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Garfield stars as Altman amidst the pressure of the AI arms race, with Ike Barinholtz as co-founder Elon Musk. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

At the same time, tech giants are racing against tight deadlines to outpace peers in the AI arms race while navigating strained power grids and supply chain bottlenecks for essential components like memory chips. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

The fall of the Berlin Wall meant the end of the Cold War and its arms race. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for arms race

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