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Recent Examples of competes
There’s no denying that the Sym TTLBT competes in the premium maxi-scooter segment against the likes of the Kymco AK 550i, Yamaha TMax, and the Honda Forza 750.
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Utkarsh Sood
june 13, New Atlas, 13 June 2026
The Speed Twin 1200 competes most naturally with bikes like the Kawasaki Z900RS, Yamaha XSR900, BMW R 12 nineT and Moto Guzzi V7.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The video, posted by an anti-Israel influencer on TikTok with handle @finessefave, showed Seinfeld leaving the Knicks game Wednesday in New York City as the team competes in the NBA finals.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026
Capriotti’s competes with national chains such as Jersey Mike’s and Firehouse Subs.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and OnBuy CEO Cas Paton are pitching this as a pure, transparent marketplace where the operator never competes with its own sellers.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
The Starlink satellite business competes with, among others, AST SpaceMobile – which is relying on a SpaceX rocket to send its latest generation of satellites into orbit next week.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
Consumers and corporate workers use them in Gemini products, and developers use them through Google’s cloud infrastructure, which competes with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Beyond smoothies, coffee blocks iron, calcium competes with iron and whole grains contain compounds that bind to minerals.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
Utkarsh Sood
june 13, New Atlas, 13 June 2026
The Speed Twin 1200 competes most naturally with bikes like the Kawasaki Z900RS, Yamaha XSR900, BMW R 12 nineT and Moto Guzzi V7.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The video, posted by an anti-Israel influencer on TikTok with handle @finessefave, showed Seinfeld leaving the Knicks game Wednesday in New York City as the team competes in the NBA finals.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026
Capriotti’s competes with national chains such as Jersey Mike’s and Firehouse Subs.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and OnBuy CEO Cas Paton are pitching this as a pure, transparent marketplace where the operator never competes with its own sellers.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
The Starlink satellite business competes with, among others, AST SpaceMobile – which is relying on a SpaceX rocket to send its latest generation of satellites into orbit next week.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
Consumers and corporate workers use them in Gemini products, and developers use them through Google’s cloud infrastructure, which competes with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Beyond smoothies, coffee blocks iron, calcium competes with iron and whole grains contain compounds that bind to minerals.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
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The American Chemistry Council, the chief trade group for plastics manufacturers, contends academic researchers haven’t proven the industry’s products are hazardous.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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True economic expansion, the piece contends, originates from savings invested into businesses and innovative ventures, which then fuel future production.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Once again, extraordinary wealth is concentrating into fewer hands while technology races ahead faster than society’s moral conscience.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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While Jackson County races to hear the last of homeowners’ appeals from the troubled 2023 property valuation cycle, some could be eligible for a class action lawsuit.—
Ilana Arougheti
June 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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In this approach, a patient’s T cells – a type of immune cell that fights pathogens and cancer – are removed and genetically engineered to better recognize cancer before being returned to the body.—
Charles J. Dimitroff,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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For the game’s first teaser trailer and look into the gameplay during today’s Nintendo Direct, Sora fights a Darkside Heartless in Quadratum, a land introduced in KH3 that’s inspired by Shibuya, Tokyo.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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