as in contestant
one who strives for the same thing as another two universities that are long-standing corrivals for the title of best in the nation

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Noun
  • The Bachelor season 19 contestant, Jade Roper Tolbert, who runs her own cosmetics company, was also a judge.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The final round of voting is now open, so take a look at the contestants and cast your vote for your favorite cat and dog in South Florida.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On the surface, Çiftlik Bank—Turkish for Farm Bank—was little more than a FarmVille rip-off; the functionality for tending to digital crops and livestock was lifted more or less straight from their competitor.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Bessent was questioned by Democrats and some Republicans for his support, in the context of Argentina being a competitor to the US in exporting soybeans to China.
    Daniel Flatley, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new product casts OpenAI as a contender in this generation’s brewing browser wars.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Since debuting at the Venice Film Festival, the film has been tapped as a major Oscar contender.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • American has fallen behind large rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in the post-Covid luxury travel boom that has taken Seoul spa vacations and 40th birthday bashes abroad out of the chat and armed millions of consumers with high-end rewards credit cards.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Analysts say his intervention stopped escalating hostilities, though tensions persist in what remains a fragile, ongoing cold conflict between the longtime regional rivals.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Corrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrival. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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