ultracompetitive
adjective
ul·tra·com·pet·i·tive
ˌəl-trə-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv 
: extremely or extraordinarily competitive : supercompetitive
ultracompetitive siblings
an ultracompetitive profession/market
ultracompetitive prices
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Dan Handy, an economic data analyst for Zillow, said there’s no sign yet that there will be a big enough wave of sellers listing their homes this spring to ease the ultracompetitive market across the nation.
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Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2022
For Harvard, admissions is ultracompetitive.
—Robert Barnes, Nick Anderson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2022
Pat Riley, who has already been acting as an unofficial assistant coach from his position at the announcers’ table, is invited to do the job for real, and his pugnacious, ultracompetitive attitude proves the perfect complement for Westhead’s more reserved tactical intelligence.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
Thomas will be the core of what should be another ultracompetitive Lake Forest team next season.
—Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
The move—coupled with a bold counterpunch by the rival San Francisco Giants—sets up the possibility of a frenzied race down the stretch in the ultracompetitive National League West.
—Jared Diamond, WSJ, 30 July 2021
The 33-year-old run specialist had smashed the event record in claiming the previous year’s title and had shown no sign of falling off since then, winning the ultracompetitive Challenge Roth triathlon in July with one of the fastest women’s iron-distance times in history.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2021
Jackie Venson didn’t pick up the guitar until her last year at Berklee College of Music, by then disillusioned with the ultracompetitive spirit of the school.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020
While transforming the historically porous Dallas into the league’s sixth-best defensive efficiency rating, Mavericks defensive coordinator Sean Sweeney tapped into Doncic’s ultracompetitive nature.
—Dallas News, 25 Nov. 2022
Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2022
For Harvard, admissions is ultracompetitive.
—Robert Barnes, Nick Anderson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2022
Pat Riley, who has already been acting as an unofficial assistant coach from his position at the announcers’ table, is invited to do the job for real, and his pugnacious, ultracompetitive attitude proves the perfect complement for Westhead’s more reserved tactical intelligence.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
Thomas will be the core of what should be another ultracompetitive Lake Forest team next season.
—Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
The move—coupled with a bold counterpunch by the rival San Francisco Giants—sets up the possibility of a frenzied race down the stretch in the ultracompetitive National League West.
—Jared Diamond, WSJ, 30 July 2021
The 33-year-old run specialist had smashed the event record in claiming the previous year’s title and had shown no sign of falling off since then, winning the ultracompetitive Challenge Roth triathlon in July with one of the fastest women’s iron-distance times in history.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2021
Jackie Venson didn’t pick up the guitar until her last year at Berklee College of Music, by then disillusioned with the ultracompetitive spirit of the school.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020
While transforming the historically porous Dallas into the league’s sixth-best defensive efficiency rating, Mavericks defensive coordinator Sean Sweeney tapped into Doncic’s ultracompetitive nature.
—Dallas News, 25 Nov. 2022
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