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.

Recent Examples on the Web There are only five players who did not compete in Beijing, where the Americans lost 3-2 to Canada. — John Wawrow, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022 The program was created to be operated by private health insurers who compete against each other by offering the lowest premiums to consumers, providing an incentive to negotiate the lowest prices possible. — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 State fairs are one of the few industries that don’t compete with one another. — Sarah Muller, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 Purdue president Mitch Daniels pointed to the less than 1% of Purdue students who compete on intercollegiate teams. — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022 The legislation earmarks nearly $53 billion over the next five years to expand US semiconductor manufacturing, including $1.5 billion for telecommunications companies that compete with Chinese firms such as Huawei. — Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 Campbell said all school districts that compete in the Chagrin Valley Conference, of which Orange is a member, have been in contact with CVC Commissioner Don Lewis on this issue. — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 Hobbs won roughly three of every four ballots cast, defeating former Nogales Mayor Marco López, a Democratic opponent who ultimately couldn’t compete with Hobbs’ national presence defending the 2020 election in Arizona. — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022 The field will start with 132 golfers who will compete in a stroke-play format over two days. — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 See More

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