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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
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But, if the Supreme Court ultimately holds that the president additionally has broad and unfettered authority to impose tariffs through IEEPA in times of national emergency, as the executive branch contends, that could diminish or conflict with Congress’ tariff authority.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The petition contends that Wilson’s office did not acknowledge the use of AI in the Turner case, despite pointed questions on the topic from the judge.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Youngkin’s comments come after Democrats swept last night’s statewide and House of Delegates races in Virginia.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
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Detroit City Council races Along with a heated mayor's race, there are two open districts seats and two at-large seats up for grabs on the Detroit City Council.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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And the action ranges from dueling card tricks to the kind of honest-to-God fights that merely serve to remind us that balletic action films really are magic tricks.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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The movie, about a pop girl group called HUNTR/X that fights demons, was a smash hit.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Competes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competes. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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