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Recent Examples of competitiveness
Digital trade is essential to our economic competitiveness, technological leadership, and national security.
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Josh Kallmer, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Washington favors strong language and superlatives about resilience, competitiveness, energy dominance, and winning the future.
—Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
As long, Miss Manners warns, as any toxic competitiveness is weeded out early.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
Hard fouls, trash talk and verbal jabs on the floor, and in the media, set a slight tone of hatred that fuels competitiveness and creates lasting memories.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Tamas, whose team finished 13-16 and 8-12 in conference play last season, said the top-to-bottom competitiveness of the conference should be a big draw for the tournament.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Healey’s office also says the legislation will strengthen the state’s competitiveness by lowering costs for businesses.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
But there has also been a consensus that dirt-cheap electricity — put another way, dollars per unit of AI processing power — is the most important metric for future economic competitiveness.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
But across the board, those are the things; the collective improvement each of those players makes translates into team competitiveness and ultimately wins.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Josh Kallmer, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Washington favors strong language and superlatives about resilience, competitiveness, energy dominance, and winning the future.
—Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
As long, Miss Manners warns, as any toxic competitiveness is weeded out early.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
Hard fouls, trash talk and verbal jabs on the floor, and in the media, set a slight tone of hatred that fuels competitiveness and creates lasting memories.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Tamas, whose team finished 13-16 and 8-12 in conference play last season, said the top-to-bottom competitiveness of the conference should be a big draw for the tournament.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Healey’s office also says the legislation will strengthen the state’s competitiveness by lowering costs for businesses.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
But there has also been a consensus that dirt-cheap electricity — put another way, dollars per unit of AI processing power — is the most important metric for future economic competitiveness.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
But across the board, those are the things; the collective improvement each of those players makes translates into team competitiveness and ultimately wins.
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competitiveness
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Agents in the industry think United might need more overall, possibly a surplus of three players from the numbers now.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in that two-century history.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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Minnesota is playing with aggression.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the regular season, Donte DiVincenzo was used to being the one who had to set the tone for Minnesota with his effort and aggression.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Although the trial may have gone in Scott's favor, Gill was highly critical of the Middletown narcotic detective's actions and questioned his motivation.—
Juliet Pennington,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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This tax finally gave companies motivation to prioritize accounting for these societal costs.—
Larz May,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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When the skyscraper where Rayburn and his family lives is destroyed in an explosion, Creasy attempts to regain his military prowess in his determination to protect Rayburn’s rebellious teen daughter Poe (Billie Boullet), who has been targeted by the terrorists.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The villain, though, is not Michael Jackson but his father, Joe, whose determination to get his boys out of Gary, Indiana, turns into something more poisonous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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This article is part of The Times’ early childhood education initiative, focusing on the learning and development of California children from birth to age 5.—
Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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On the occasion of Earth Day and Jane Goodall’s birthday, Vital Impacts has created a collection of images for purchase, with proceeds going to initiatives that support youth environmental education.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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That narrative has been hard to shake, despite there being little empirical evidence for the thesis so far and the fact that plenty of economists, enterprise tech analysts, and tech CEOs—including AI boosters such as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—think the narrative is wrong.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Services is 1/3 of TT's total enterprise revenue and has grown at a low-teens CAGR since 2020.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Just being able to be available every single day and also just bring energy and be a good clubhouse guy.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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The ambiance and energy were incredible.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Supino thinks the portal going live will require composure as well as diligence.—
Mae Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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What set Brady apart was his diligence and his commitment to his students, Sanders said, noting how he is involved in clubs and extracurricular activities outside the classroom.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Competitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competitiveness. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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