variants
or rivalled
as in fought
to engage in a contest
two longtime friends who have rivaled for the same things at every stage of their lives
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Recent Examples of rivaled
Netflix’s Love Is Blind became a total phenomenon that rivaled The Bachelor at its prime, and Peacock’s Love Island burst onto the mainstream this summer to become a sensation that completely took over the internet, if not the world.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Airbnbs and hotels enjoyed occupancy rates that rivaled peak holiday periods.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Representative Nicole Collier, of Dallas, refused the police escort and instead spent two nights sleeping in her office, live-streaming to an audience that, at times, rivalled that of Davis’s 2013 filibuster.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Since the early 2000s, the city’s fame for its musical exports has been rivaled only by its emerging reputation as a film/TV production hub.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
It was heralded at the time for being one of the few foundations that rivaled Fenty Beauty’s then-groundbreaking 40 shades.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
Ruysch enjoyed renown throughout an unusually long life, her pictures sought by noble houses and selling for prices that rivaled Rembrandt’s.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
The findings rivaled what Attorney General Pam Bondi had suggested months prior, which raised questions on both sides of the aisle around the administration’s vow to be transparent with its probe.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
China's DeepSeek quietly releases a rival to GPT-5 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked the world in January with an AI model, called R1, that rivaled OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s top large language models at a fraction of the cost.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Airbnbs and hotels enjoyed occupancy rates that rivaled peak holiday periods.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Representative Nicole Collier, of Dallas, refused the police escort and instead spent two nights sleeping in her office, live-streaming to an audience that, at times, rivalled that of Davis’s 2013 filibuster.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Since the early 2000s, the city’s fame for its musical exports has been rivaled only by its emerging reputation as a film/TV production hub.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
It was heralded at the time for being one of the few foundations that rivaled Fenty Beauty’s then-groundbreaking 40 shades.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
Ruysch enjoyed renown throughout an unusually long life, her pictures sought by noble houses and selling for prices that rivaled Rembrandt’s.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
The findings rivaled what Attorney General Pam Bondi had suggested months prior, which raised questions on both sides of the aisle around the administration’s vow to be transparent with its probe.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
China's DeepSeek quietly releases a rival to GPT-5 Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked the world in January with an AI model, called R1, that rivaled OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s top large language models at a fraction of the cost.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rivaled
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The fire is fought by four engines, one water tender, two dozers and two hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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After the hit, defenseman Braden Hache, who split time between Barracuda of the AHL and Wichita of the ECHL last season, stepped in and fought Francis.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Drennan, 43, grew up helping his brothers and uncles build derby cars and later competed in a few derbies himself.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Olympic champion and silver medalist competed seven times this season.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Rivaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivaled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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