as in competitive
having or marked by a strong desire to win or be better than others
The competing salespeople were all trying to lure the same customers.
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as in contending
to engage in a contest
prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship
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Recent Examples of competing
Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Rodríguez represents just one of multiple and competing interests within a Venezuela elite composed of a precarious civil-military alliance officially committed to a leftist populist ideology called Chavismo.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Even making a slightly lower offer may be more viable when sellers know there are fewer competing bids.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025
The Department intends to stop funding both 2025 new awards and non-competing continuations for these seven grant programs.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adversaries appear as competing bids, regulatory hurdles or stakeholders with diverging agendas.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Men’s singles champion Jannik Sinner of Italy and women’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus return to defend their titles, along with American tennis stars Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and more competing.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
With pickup truck prices ever increasing—the F-150 starts at nearly $40,000—and competitors like Slate Auto offering simpler competing vehicles for lower prices, that’s meaningful.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Everybody's always looking, curious, competing and that's a really difficult thing, especially for a female actor.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Health care providers regularly transfer those patients elsewhere, competing for spaces in other counties.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Robert Sparrow, a philosopher at Monash University in Australia who is among the first to have written about the ethics of robotics, argues that robots carry two competing racial narratives.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Mamdani and Menin have tangled over competing budget proposals.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of these arguments, however, boil down to competing interests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Who is competing in space tourism right now?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
With the play-in tournament featuring the seventh-through-10th-place teams competing for the final two playoff seeds in each conference, the Heat enters Wednesday in 10th place in the Eastern Conference with a 41-38 record.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The legislation, the latest in a long effort by some lawmakers of both parties to rein in the price of insulin, faces many hurdles, including concerns about the cost and other competing congressional priorities.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
No more competing Monday night windows.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Rodríguez represents just one of multiple and competing interests within a Venezuela elite composed of a precarious civil-military alliance officially committed to a leftist populist ideology called Chavismo.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Even making a slightly lower offer may be more viable when sellers know there are fewer competing bids.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025
The Department intends to stop funding both 2025 new awards and non-competing continuations for these seven grant programs.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adversaries appear as competing bids, regulatory hurdles or stakeholders with diverging agendas.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Men’s singles champion Jannik Sinner of Italy and women’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus return to defend their titles, along with American tennis stars Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and more competing.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025
With pickup truck prices ever increasing—the F-150 starts at nearly $40,000—and competitors like Slate Auto offering simpler competing vehicles for lower prices, that’s meaningful.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Everybody's always looking, curious, competing and that's a really difficult thing, especially for a female actor.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
Just getting to this point, where competing in meaningful games on national television is the norm, is a sign of the culture shift within the Charlotte Hornets.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Health care providers regularly transfer those patients elsewhere, competing for spaces in other counties.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Robert Sparrow, a philosopher at Monash University in Australia who is among the first to have written about the ethics of robotics, argues that robots carry two competing racial narratives.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Mamdani and Menin have tangled over competing budget proposals.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of these arguments, however, boil down to competing interests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Who is competing in space tourism right now?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
With the play-in tournament featuring the seventh-through-10th-place teams competing for the final two playoff seeds in each conference, the Heat enters Wednesday in 10th place in the Eastern Conference with a 41-38 record.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The legislation, the latest in a long effort by some lawmakers of both parties to rein in the price of insulin, faces many hurdles, including concerns about the cost and other competing congressional priorities.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competing
Adjective
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In the competitive landscape, the model is expected to go head-to-head with rivals such as the Geely Galaxy M9, a large plug-in hybrid SUV that has already demonstrated strong early market traction with more than 11,000 deliveries in just the first two months of the year.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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But Elham, a contentious and fiercely competitive student, suspects that Marjan’s zeal for anglophone culture, including Hollywood romantic comedies, masks a resentment for the Iranian life she is now stuck with.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Just look at the other contending teams right now, some of them much better bets to win it all at this point than the Knicks are, and with good reason.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Maria Hadden, 49th, on Wednesday wrote an email to her colleagues contending the mayor’s office wants contributions to certain aldermanic staffers’ pensions to come out of their ward expense accounts, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Tribune.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That’s a massive loss of talent, and FIU responded by bringing in Myles Cunningham from Bucknell and Lawrene Johnson from rival FAU.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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But seeing its rival hoist the trophy in both major sports would cut like a knife.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The camp is entirely dependent on aid, disrupted after cuts by USAID last year and again by fighting between Syrian and Kurdish forces this February.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Despite how difficult sitting through the case was, the jurors commended Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez for her fairness — and lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin for fighting so hard for Quatisha.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The driver was also placed on a non-driving status pending the results of the investigation.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Nor will this anti-driving VMT policy meaningfully affect the global climate.—
Jennifer Hernandez,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In 2019, the odds for the three worst teams were flattened, as a way to discourage teams from racing to the bottom.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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That proved costly less than a minute later when Markanich, racing up the center, got behind Galaxy defender Mauricio Cuevas to corral a long ball from Joaquín Pereyra, then beat keeper JT Marcinkowski cleanly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Asked if Mike would be hustling to South Florida to see the brothers reunited on Thursday night, the consensus was that dad would be better off in a more familiar setting.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sunday night and Monday morning, O'Hare was hustling and bustling, filled with a nervous energy.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Patrick called out Cornyn and Paxton, who are battling each other to win the Republican primary runoff on May 26.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Nigeria is battling a complex security crisis, especially in the north, where there is a decade-long insurgency and several armed groups that kidnap for ransom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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