as in competing
to engage in a contest
vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion
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Recent Examples of vying
The Democrats are also vying for the seat, including Shawn Harris, a retired Army brigadier general who challenged Greene in 2024.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The two are vying for control of Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Hern will be vying for a full, six-year term in November.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 10 Mar. 2026
The Rangers have a host of pitchers still vying for at least three open bullpen spots.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
The pic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is up for the Oscar in the category, vying against the scripts for Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Train Dreams.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Texas is vying for its third tournament title of the Vic Schaefer era after winning the Big 12's crown in 2022 and 2024.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
Two opposing factions, the protesters pushing for greater freedom and the heavily armed security forces confronting them, are now vying for power while American and Israeli bombs continue to fall.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
Every one of the lackluster candidates vying to get into the general-election runoff is touting some kind of plan to lower the cost of living.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The two are vying for control of Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Hern will be vying for a full, six-year term in November.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 10 Mar. 2026
The Rangers have a host of pitchers still vying for at least three open bullpen spots.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
The pic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is up for the Oscar in the category, vying against the scripts for Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Train Dreams.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Texas is vying for its third tournament title of the Vic Schaefer era after winning the Big 12's crown in 2022 and 2024.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
Two opposing factions, the protesters pushing for greater freedom and the heavily armed security forces confronting them, are now vying for power while American and Israeli bombs continue to fall.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
Every one of the lackluster candidates vying to get into the general-election runoff is touting some kind of plan to lower the cost of living.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vying
competing
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Only when Russia and Belarus, separately, took FIS (the international ski and snowboard federation) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in December 2025, did their competing in Italy become possible.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The researchers are now testing the process on real battery waste and more complex electronic scrap streams containing additional competing ions and lower metal concentrations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Vying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vying. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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