arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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Robbins claimed that the Trump administration wants the U.S. to maintain its lead in the A.I. arms race.
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Its release comes amid a burgeoning arms race for salary cap tools and sophisticates.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
At that point, and for the first time since the early Cold War, nothing will be in place to restrain the world’s major nuclear powers from a new arms race.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The military sci-fi story explores the technological arms race as Russia deploys desperate measures to counter NATO’s advanced electronic capabilities.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Its release comes amid a burgeoning arms race for salary cap tools and sophisticates.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
At that point, and for the first time since the early Cold War, nothing will be in place to restrain the world’s major nuclear powers from a new arms race.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The military sci-fi story explores the technological arms race as Russia deploys desperate measures to counter NATO’s advanced electronic capabilities.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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