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Recent Examples of compete
The teams are competing with the Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, and New York Knicks in East Group C, with Chicago off to a 1-0 start while the Knicks are 0-1.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The story of Mamdani is a microcosm of the internal conflict within competing factions of the Democratic Party.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Cherry’s older brother, Taeshon, played collegiately and competes professionally overseas.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The Heat still hung around, though, competing with the Nuggets in a second quarter that included six lead changes.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The story of Mamdani is a microcosm of the internal conflict within competing factions of the Democratic Party.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Cherry’s older brother, Taeshon, played collegiately and competes professionally overseas.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The Heat still hung around, though, competing with the Nuggets in a second quarter that included six lead changes.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compete
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Many contend that those targeted during the purges were not communists but ethnic Chinese, or anyone with left wing views.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Anderson himself is expected to seriously contend for his first-ever Oscar victory, after 11 prior noms, in both the directing and writing categories.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Like me — a reluctant movie guy who never liked racing, and now somehow has three racecars.—
Chris Cardillo,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Toyota already has a rich history racing those events in truck/car classes, so why not stamp its name on a separate page of the books?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Players fought, fought, fought, gave us every chance in the world.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Then Byrd, who didn’t start one exhibition and didn’t play in the other while battling various injuries, limped off early in the second half after stepping on someone’s foot.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of fire personnel worked to battle the blaze, intensified by the plane's 220,000 pounds of jet fuel.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Compete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compete. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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