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Recent Examples of competes
Supabase is built on Postgres, the popular developer database system that competes with Google’s Firebase and is a bet on an open-source future.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Riddle, who currently competes for Major League Wrestling (MLW), was a guest on the show to discuss his career.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The duo starts getting a little bit more Hollywood with their next feature, Good Time, starring Robert Pattinson, which competes for the Palme d’Or at Cannes — and loses to Ruben Östlund’s The Square.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Huawei, China’s tech powerhouse, now competes head-on against Apple with smartphones powered by its own chips.
—semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Spotify competes directly with Amazon Music for subscribers and ad dollars — but now Spotify is teaming up with a different division of the ecommerce giant in an effort to amp up programmatic advertising revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The Tonale competes with compact and subcompact luxury SUVs like the Audi Q3, BMW X2, Lexus UX and Mercedes GLA.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Now, everybody in the county competes for these positions.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
For less than $250, the Lillian chair competes with pricier options, making a great dupe for West Elm’s Viv Swivel Chair ($699) or CB2’s Fitz Channeled Boucle Swivel Chair ($1,199).
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Riddle, who currently competes for Major League Wrestling (MLW), was a guest on the show to discuss his career.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The duo starts getting a little bit more Hollywood with their next feature, Good Time, starring Robert Pattinson, which competes for the Palme d’Or at Cannes — and loses to Ruben Östlund’s The Square.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Huawei, China’s tech powerhouse, now competes head-on against Apple with smartphones powered by its own chips.
—semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Spotify competes directly with Amazon Music for subscribers and ad dollars — but now Spotify is teaming up with a different division of the ecommerce giant in an effort to amp up programmatic advertising revenue.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The Tonale competes with compact and subcompact luxury SUVs like the Audi Q3, BMW X2, Lexus UX and Mercedes GLA.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Now, everybody in the county competes for these positions.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
For less than $250, the Lillian chair competes with pricier options, making a great dupe for West Elm’s Viv Swivel Chair ($699) or CB2’s Fitz Channeled Boucle Swivel Chair ($1,199).
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competes
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Part of the problem, the AAFA contends, is the platform’s difficult takedown process.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mowry contends the stellarator eliminates the tokamak’s instability issues that remain unresolved.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the movie easily races from one scene to another at a break-neck pace, behind the scenes, the local production work was a massive undertaking, bringing together public officials from multiple city, county and federal agencies.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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RDREs use a detonation wave that races around a circular channel, which produces short, high-pressure bursts that drive up thrust and efficiency.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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An international team of war correspondents fights to report the truth.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hartnett is in Canada filming an untitled project for Netflix, which focuses on a fisherman who fights to protect his family and community when a sea creature begins to threaten his town.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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