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Examples of vie in a Sentence
They are vying to win the championship for the third year in a row.
vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion
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Vying to become the first repeat Stanley Cup champion since Detroit in 1997-98, Pittsburgh, which leads this best-of-seven series by two games to none, is now halfway there despite being outplayed for the majority of the series.
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Lue is vying to join Minneapolis Lakers coach John Kundla as the only coaches to win titles in their first two seasons as coach.
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Of Auburn's three infield signees, Taylon Snow projects as a shortstop while Makenna Dowell and Mackenzie Nutt could both vie for second, though Nutt could also play third.
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Hande, who competed in the annual academic event in Washington D.C.this week, vied with 290 other spellers in the event in hope of becoming one of 50 finalists.
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Twelve political parties and around 88,000 commune council candidates are vying to run in 1,646 communes — or clusters of villages — throughout the country.
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Two ruling party factions are vying for power once Mugabe goes, with one coalescing around his wife Grace and the other around Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief.
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A range of factions is vying for the right to define Trumpism—anti-war isolationists, economic nationalists, conservative populists.
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The two Democrats vying for governor in Virginia have finished up their debate schedule with little direct attacks on each other but plenty of jabs at Republican President Donald Trump.
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Origin and Etymology of vie
Middle English, short for envien, from Anglo-French envier to invite, call on, challenge, from Latin invitare to invite
First Known Use: 15th century
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: to compete with others in an attempt to get or win something
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