as in to compete
to engage in a contest vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion

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Recent Examples of vie A couple months from now, a dozen teams will vie for the national championship. Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 A number of actors vied for a shot at playing the Kaufman brothers. Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025 The victory was significant for Austin Prep, a program vying for its first appearance in a Class C bowl game. Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and soon begins to draw other boys away from the order of the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vie
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  • His sons, who compete as The Usos and Solo Sikoa, as well as his nephew Roman Reigns, have continued his legacy as central figures in WWE.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
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    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • For the last several years, award-winning filmmaker Richard Ladkani has been at work on a pair of films, among them the current Oscar-contending Yanuni, about a woman Indigenous leader who is fighting to save the Brazilian Amazon at great personal risk.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Defensively, the Bills are not good enough to truly contend for a Super Bowl — at least not yet.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Vie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vie. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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