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Recent Examples of compete
On Sunday, the pageant star is competing in the Miss America competition as Miss Rhode Island in Orlando.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The primary winner will compete against Republican James Bowers in the November general election.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Stockholm to Helsinki sees several operators competing for your business on the 17-hour crossing between the two Nordic capitals.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noncompetes are employment agreements that prevent workers from taking new jobs with a competing business or starting one of their own, usually within a certain geographic area and timeframe after leaving their job.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The primary winner will compete against Republican James Bowers in the November general election.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Stockholm to Helsinki sees several operators competing for your business on the 17-hour crossing between the two Nordic capitals.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noncompetes are employment agreements that prevent workers from taking new jobs with a competing business or starting one of their own, usually within a certain geographic area and timeframe after leaving their job.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compete
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Republicans contend Trump has shifted the debate to ground that favors their party.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Aug. 2025
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Rapid gains from existing operations The authors contend that the fastest path involves optimizing what the country already digs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Aug. 2025
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Several drugmakers, including Novo Nordisk's chief rival Eli Lilly, have been racing to develop obesity pills, which may help alleviate the supply shortfalls and issues accessing the injections on the market.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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The 40-year-old Froome, who races for Israel–Premier Tech, was airlifted to hospital following a crash during training on August 27, undergoing surgery a day later.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Among other resources, two engines have also been deployed to fight the wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Her grandfather served in World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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For years now, health officials have battled with drugs being cut into fentanyl that not only increase its strength, but also increase the risk of a fatal overdose.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Two Fort Worth firefighters were injured while battling a two-alarm house fire on Williams Street, in the city’s Historic Southside neighborhood, on Wednesday, the Fire Department said.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Compete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compete. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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