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competed

verb

past tense of compete
as in contended
to engage in a contest prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship

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Recent Examples of competed For most of modern business history, organizations competed on information. — Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Brooks originally competed on season 33 in 2024 and was partnered with Gleb Savchenko. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 And Lee’s most recent feature, Burning, competed for the Palme d’Or in 2018 and landed on many critics’ best-of lists that year. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 National-team head coaches increasingly look at which players competed in the under-20 tournament when choosing their senior squads. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 All three daughters have competed on the dance team at no cost, with the two oldest becoming team captains and student leaders. — Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competed
  1. contended
  2. raced
  3. fought
  4. battled
  5. vied
Verb
  • Penn State regularly contended for New Year’s Six bowls but lost the close, important games so often that fans braced for heartbreak.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The museum has contended California’s new law is unconstitutional, which California is contesting.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • In New York City, Special Agents Tom Armas and John Buckley -- who were at the New York Field Office at 7 World Trade Center for the annual UN General Assembly briefing -- raced into the North Tower.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The disclosure is expected to give the public a better understanding of how the city responded following the collapse of the World Trade Center as officials raced to restabilize Lower Manhattan and reopen the area.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • The latest reminder came 42 minutes into Thursday’s hearing in a Louisiana district court in which more than 30 athletes fought to be included within the NCAA rule change that effectively gave every athlete five years to play five seasons.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In an address late Thursday, Milei reasserted Argentina’s claim to the islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, which the United Kingdom has controlled since 1833 and over which the two countries fought a war in the early 1980s.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • Saturday against the Rockies, Lee battled through a 12-pitch at-bat before shooting a dart into the right-field corner.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In the day’s later National Women’s Soccer League match, the Chicago Stars battled back to tie the Portland Thorns 1-1.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of battled
Verb
  • Several of the models vied with Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT for performance, often at far lower usage costs.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Fifty-one contestants — one representative from each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia — vied for the crown.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of vied

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“Competed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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