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Recent Examples of competes
Cherry’s older brother, Taeshon, played collegiately and competes professionally overseas.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Sook also argued broadcast stations will continue to dominate political advertising sales, but faces stepped up competition from streaming services, where Nexstar competes with its NewsNation live TV streamer.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Greenblatt competes against companies that get their steel from China, which subsidizes its steel industry.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Tveit stars as American Freddie Trumper, a star in the chess world, who competes in a tournament with a Russian grandmaster, Anatoly Sergievsky, played by Nicholas Christopher.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The group competes as a show choir while its members deal with such heavy issues as sexuality, race, teen pregnancy, and relationships.
—Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
The series will follow the original format that viewers saw in season 1, in which Haack competes in a house flipping showdown against Tarek and his wife Heather Rae El Moussa.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Paramount Skydance, which competes with Amazon in streaming and for sports rights, also plans to begin cutting 1,000 workers this week.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
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.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Sook also argued broadcast stations will continue to dominate political advertising sales, but faces stepped up competition from streaming services, where Nexstar competes with its NewsNation live TV streamer.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Greenblatt competes against companies that get their steel from China, which subsidizes its steel industry.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Tveit stars as American Freddie Trumper, a star in the chess world, who competes in a tournament with a Russian grandmaster, Anatoly Sergievsky, played by Nicholas Christopher.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The group competes as a show choir while its members deal with such heavy issues as sexuality, race, teen pregnancy, and relationships.
—Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
The series will follow the original format that viewers saw in season 1, in which Haack competes in a house flipping showdown against Tarek and his wife Heather Rae El Moussa.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Paramount Skydance, which competes with Amazon in streaming and for sports rights, also plans to begin cutting 1,000 workers this week.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
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.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
Verb
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The company contends the town rejected the plan without citing any safety or health hazard.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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The filing contends that last year the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Ye’s motion to release the lien from the bond and awarded him attorneys fees.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Professional horseback riders run through a course made of snow while towing a skier or snowboarder who races the clock — all while staying upright and attached to the tow rope.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Holly races them out to the mine shaft, past the memory of the injured guy in the lab coat, but again, Henry follows.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Eleven finds her way to them, jumping inside the Mind Flayer to destroy Vecna, who’s controlling it from within, while Will fights telepathically from the outside, no longer empathetic or afraid to go toe to toe with his former saboteur.—
Yohana Desta,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Novo Nordisk’s shift from a market darling to a serious underperformer has set the stage for a transitional 2026 as the Danish drugmaker fights to regain investor confidence in its weight loss business.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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