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 the longest time, artificial intelligence companies competed to make each new model faster and smarter. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Venice selection Al Baraneya by Ashgan El-Hamus and Lê Bảo’s Hearing which competed at the Locarno Film Festival have also won the fund’s support. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 The boys went to parent-participation preschool together in Loomis and competed on the same soccer team, the Loomis Fury, from sixth through eighth grade. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 He was named the co-recipient of the 2025 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year and has previously competed in the Polynesian Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026 For decades, traditional sources of authority have competed with forms of spirituality based on personal experience, self-discovery and well-being. — Morgan Shipley, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026 The group had competed earlier that day in a tournament at Arapahoe High School in Centennial. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 György competed against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Pantoja, on the other hand, hadn’t competed since his elbow injury against Van. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competed
  1. contended
  2. raced
  3. fought
  4. battled
  5. vied
Verb
  • Blacknell contended that four different medical professionals treated Linton after the crash and none of them concluded the wreck was tied to a bipolar episode.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The business contended that the statute was vague and said that handwashing would qualify as a medical action under the act, according to the judge’s order.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • Those gains came even as Treasury yields raced to highs not seen in years, with traders increasing bets of more Federal Reserve rate hikes due to persistent inflation.
    — Jenni Reid,Justina Lee,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Ben Grice took a first-down handoff and raced 88 yards for a touchdown and the Owls (1-3) led 7-0 after one quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • The British civil wars were, in part, fought because people wanted to create their own religious paths, but unfortunately that freedom did not generally lead to a kinder Christianity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The two nations fought Russia, Britain and the United States in World War II.
    — Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • Some suburbs battled soil erosion, which ruined rivers and contaminated drinking water.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Fan frustration builds FSU lost to SMU by a field goal and battled at Alabama before suffering a 14-point loss, difficult defeats despite coming against top 25 teams.
    — Bob Ferrante, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of battled
Verb
  • Another settlement, Silverton, lay on the far side of Red Mountain, and the communities vied to see which could become the main transport hub.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of vied

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“Competed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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