in competition with

idiom

: trying to succeed against
These products are in competition with each other.

Examples of in competition with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In theory, a tax on imports would give domestic producers a leg up in competition with foreign manufacturers, Christopher Conlon, a professor of economics at New York University who studies trade, told ABC News. Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024 Popular on Variety Sunday’s show did air in competition with the NFL, though the Texans-Bears game was of a much lower profile than the playoff game that drew viewers away from the Emmys in January. Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024 In 2015, the police department suspended Truong’s outside work permit to investigate whether his management and ownership of a private security firm presented a conflict of interest that put him in competition with his employer. Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024 Yet the city council’s plan effectively assigned every member of a minority to a discrete community, defined each group’s needs as a whole, and set the various organizations in competition with one another for city resources. Kenan Malik, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015 See all Example Sentences for in competition with 

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“In competition with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20competition%20with. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

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