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Recent Examples of competes
Because Washington’s Zach Ertz has played his entire career in the NFC (previously with the Eagles, Cardinals and Lions) and the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce competes in the AFC, their teams have seldom met.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The documentary, from filmmaker Xander Robin and Artists Equity, is about an initiative undertaken by the Florida government during which the general public competes in a contest to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The intent is to reduce the population of the non-native mute swan, a large, voracious and territorial bird that competes for resources with native waterfowl and other wetland species.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Walmart, which has a significant and rapidly growing online marketplace that competes with Amazon, currently employs more than 2,000 H-1B visa holders, according to government data.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
The tech giant competes heavily on AI services with Apple, Google and startups like Anthropic and OpenAI.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
In recent years, Oracle has expanded its cloud infrastructure division that competes with the likes of Amazon and Google.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Each competes with the sense that there is still plenty to prove.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The decision follows internal divisions among EBU members, with broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia threatening to boycott the event if Israel competes.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The documentary, from filmmaker Xander Robin and Artists Equity, is about an initiative undertaken by the Florida government during which the general public competes in a contest to remove invasive pythons from the Everglades.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The intent is to reduce the population of the non-native mute swan, a large, voracious and territorial bird that competes for resources with native waterfowl and other wetland species.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Walmart, which has a significant and rapidly growing online marketplace that competes with Amazon, currently employs more than 2,000 H-1B visa holders, according to government data.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
The tech giant competes heavily on AI services with Apple, Google and startups like Anthropic and OpenAI.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
In recent years, Oracle has expanded its cloud infrastructure division that competes with the likes of Amazon and Google.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Each competes with the sense that there is still plenty to prove.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The decision follows internal divisions among EBU members, with broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia threatening to boycott the event if Israel competes.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
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Price contends the Jameson portion of the USGS report is outdate and inaccurate, pointing to a much more recent 2025 third-party review from Sproule ERCE energy consultants that estimates the Jameson basin could hold 9 billion net barrels of recoverable crude oil.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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First, the union contends that the employees hired after the equity increase was made have no obligation to repay any money.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Boise and Garden City races One candidate running for Boise City Council has past drug charges, the Statesman found.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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Filmmaker Jordan Peele's feature debut and first venture into the realm of horror is an almost flawless, emotional roller coaster that races on the tracks of both Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and The Stepford Wives (1975).—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The court fights all proved futile, however.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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This included people rushing the field, fights breaking out and some of the crowd panicking.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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