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
  • Nawat Itsaragrisil, president of Miss Grand International (MGI), was seen scolding Fatima Bosch, a 25-year-old contestant from Mexico, ahead of the 74th Miss Universe competition being held in Bangkok later this month.
    Anabella González, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The pageant director accused Bosch of skipping promotional activities, including a photoshoot that all contestants were expected to share on social media.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Paramount has been bidding since October for WBD, a transaction that would elevate David Ellison’s nascent media empire into a Hollywood force that could not be easily ignored by tech competitors and Wall Street.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Much like Blue Origin’s chief competitor, SpaceX — which has long been a dominant force in the commercial launch business — Blue Origin rockets are designed to be partially reused in order to drive down costs.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, this team bullied one of the top NFC playoff contenders from start to finish.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Even with expectations for this season always low (even by Browns post-1999 standards), does anyone watching think this team is anywhere close to becoming a contender — even with a pair of potential top-15 picks in the 2026 draft?
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Outside of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North, who both stand alone as the only squads in their division with winning records, every other divisional leader holds only a slim edge over rivals in hot pursuit.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Recently, archaeologists found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful rival of Rome.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Corrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrival. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.

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