as in to contend
to engage in a contest prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship

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Recent Examples of compete Grace grew up dancing recreationally in Topeka and joined her high school dance team to compete against other schools in the area. Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025 The idea is that these companies will work together to build the data centers necessary to meet the extreme energy needs of AI, with the Trump administration clearing regulatory roadblocks to the expansion of such technology to help the U.S. compete with China and others. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025 The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge opens registration Saturday, allowing filmmakers to compete with their short films for a $5,000 seed fund/film finishing grant from Adobe, among other prizes. Abigail Lee, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 Messi will also compete for other domestic cups and hopefully steer clear of injuries like those that hampered him at stages last year. Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for compete 
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Verb
  • The club put him on waivers last season but no contending clubs bit.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The page contends that students would feel minimal effects of a split, as most would remain in the feeder patterns in which they are currently enrolled.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • The Night Agent has returned for season 2 and has already raced to the top of Netflix’s charts.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Nets started 1-for-8 from the field and Phoenix raced out to a 9-2 lead with 7:15 left in the first quarter and were up 28-16 entering the second.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • In response, in the 2024 election, 22 states with strong public support, voted to fight climate change, approving billions of dollars in new spending.
    Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Other countries gave natural elements rights in efforts to fight climate change.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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  • One moment, the Knicks were battling the Los Angeles Lakers, their defensive ace smothering LeBron James while knocking down threes on the other end.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Then Posey battled through contact for a layup to increase TCU’s lead to 44-36 with just over 14 minutes remaining.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2025

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