archrivals

noun

plural of archrival
as in competitors

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  1. competitors
  2. challengers
  3. rivals
  4. contestants
Noun
  • Dell Technologies , Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Super Micro's server competitors Dell and HPE were also higher on the news of the company's guidance update.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If the system relies on 300-plus schools to follow suggestions their competitors do not, it’s broken.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of competitors
Noun
  • With no party likely to win a majority, Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right, ultra-Orthodox allies face centrist and left-wing challengers competing to assemble a governing coalition.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Newton, Valdosta and Heard County defended their high rankings with victories over Top 10 challengers last week.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of challengers
Noun
  • In the race to build the most capable AI, the perception of which lab is ahead can change several times in a few months, as each major release gives rivals a new standard to meet.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Tim Berners-Lee helped put the web into the public domain and later founded the World Wide Web Consortium, where rivals could agree on standards.
    — Bob Pearson, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of rivals
Noun
  • Across its 35-season tenure, Dancing With the Stars has only had one All-Star season full of returning contestants.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This year, correspondent Luke Burbank attended the 65th annual competition, in which contestants were of a particularly slimy variety.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of contestants
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