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Recent Examples of competes
Pollard heads to the Berlinale as a film he executive produced, The Perfect Neighbor, competes for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Only one person competes, pushing the sled at the start and piloting down the course at speeds of 70 to 80 mph.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
That’s forced Mary Hogg, senior regional HR director for Southeast Asia, to rethink how Hilton competes for talent.
—Alice Williams, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Their daughter, Hannah, is now a taxidermist who competes on a national level.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2026
Silveira, who has also worked as a nurse at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, competes wearing a helmet with artwork of a Brazilian parrot wearing a stethoscope.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Additionally, per Outsports, since Lundholm was born female and competes in the female category, he is allowed to compete per the eligibility rules.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Codex competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Code, which has seen a wave of adoption over the last year.
—Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
The Pilot competes with three-row SUVs like the Chevrolet Traverse, Ford Explorer, Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, Nissan Pathfinder, Mazda CX-70, Toyota Grand Highlander and VW Atlas.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Only one person competes, pushing the sled at the start and piloting down the course at speeds of 70 to 80 mph.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
That’s forced Mary Hogg, senior regional HR director for Southeast Asia, to rethink how Hilton competes for talent.
—Alice Williams, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Their daughter, Hannah, is now a taxidermist who competes on a national level.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2026
Silveira, who has also worked as a nurse at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, competes wearing a helmet with artwork of a Brazilian parrot wearing a stethoscope.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Additionally, per Outsports, since Lundholm was born female and competes in the female category, he is allowed to compete per the eligibility rules.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Codex competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Code, which has seen a wave of adoption over the last year.
—Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
The Pilot competes with three-row SUVs like the Chevrolet Traverse, Ford Explorer, Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, Nissan Pathfinder, Mazda CX-70, Toyota Grand Highlander and VW Atlas.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
Verb
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Lee contends that investors are not fully valuing the resiliency of Ares Capital's software-lending business.—
,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Claire O’Callaghan, a senior lecturer in Victorian literature at Loughborough University, contends that’s the whole point.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Bowe, who races in the women’s 500 meters on Sunday, has Olympic bronze medals in the team pursuit and the 1,000 meters and holds the world record in her signature distance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Supported 3 previous Democratic candidates races for HD-64.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The case sparked a political scandal last year that led to the ouster of Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, and fueled new public anger at lingering corruption as Ukraine fights Russia in its four-year war.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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The move comes as the administration simultaneously fights offshore wind projects in the Northeast, some of which are fully permitted or under construction.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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