arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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Amazon, and others—are all in, and there’s now an arms race to dominate AI.
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Steve Case, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Looking Ahead: The Race to Redefine Payments In the coming years, expect an arms race of sorts in the fintech world, as incumbents and startups alike pour resources into building or partnering for super apps.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
One new approach has been to look in a systematic way for instances where evolution itself has produced new substances by tweaking existing compounds as part of the arms race in the microbial world.
—Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 19 Mar. 2025
As tech giants compete in an AI arms race, restaurant companies have also been using the technology to stay ahead of rivals by improving their operations and saving money on labor.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
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Steve Case, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Looking Ahead: The Race to Redefine Payments In the coming years, expect an arms race of sorts in the fintech world, as incumbents and startups alike pour resources into building or partnering for super apps.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
One new approach has been to look in a systematic way for instances where evolution itself has produced new substances by tweaking existing compounds as part of the arms race in the microbial world.
—Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 19 Mar. 2025
As tech giants compete in an AI arms race, restaurant companies have also been using the technology to stay ahead of rivals by improving their operations and saving money on labor.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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