competes

verb

present tense third-person singular of compete
as in contends
to engage in a contest prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship

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Recent Examples of competes Jay still competes as part of the Huntington Beach Boardriders Club and holds down a major spot in the lineup at the pier. — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 July 2026 Every tool that requires setup, configuration, or behavioral change competes for a finite pool of attention. — Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 That’s boosting cloud startup Fireworks, which competes with Amazon and Google to host models that developers can weave into applications. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026 At the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, the Samoyed competes in the working group. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 The 2026 Subaru Outback competes against rivals like the 2026 Volvo V60 Cross Country and the 2026 Ford Bronco. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 15 July 2026 Cohere, which competes with Anthropic and OpenAI in enterprise sales, has made government contracts a focus. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 But as the storied team competes for its fourth World Cup title this year, there’s a dark cloud hanging over its finances. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Junior Caminero #13 of the Tampa Bay Rays competes during the Home Run Derby at Truist Park on July 14, 2025, in Atlanta. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
  1. contends
  2. races
  3. fights
Verb
  • Paramount contends that the transaction would bolster competition in streaming, as the combination of Paramount and Warner Bros would stand a better chance against stronger rivals like Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon’s Prime Video.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 July 2026
  • Georgia Bedell contends that the Planning and Zoning Commission last winter didn’t do a meaningful review of the effect on air quality, water contamination nor the integrity of the nearby aquifer.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of contends
Verb
  • What makes the Drama races different is that Apple TV series have struggled much more to find its bearings here.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Once inside, the burglar sends in a robotic assistant that races through the rooms, checks drawers, copies keys, locks cabinets and writes a demand note asking for money to unlock the data.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of races
Verb
  • The lowest score came from The Guardian, which handed it two stars out of five, while Giant Bomb landed positive overall with a complaint that the boss fights lean on damage sponges more than puzzles.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Recent budget fights over increasing defense spending, which failed to commit the UK to NATO’s spending targets at a time when wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue, only serve to illustrate this.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of fights

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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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