arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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That’s not to say there aren’t bumps in the road: Lower-than-expected sales numbers reported this week generated a stock selloff, and ASML is caught in the political crossfire of the semiconductor arms race between the U.S. and China.
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Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Topics covered by the duo included the agency's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon and whether there's an arms race between tech companies to wield control over AI.
Watch the interview above.
—EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
In quotes published on the movie’s official Japanese website, Masao said could feel the titular character’s struggle in the latter part of the film, when Oppenheimer begins to push back against the nuclear arms race that emerges after the war.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Realities of the container ship arms race The Dali isn’t even big compared to other container ships hauling goods from port to port these days.
—USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Researchers traditionally thought that the evolutionary arms race between snake venoms and their prey’s resistance would push venom genes to become more refined over time, in favor of a specific lethal genotype—a process known as directional selection.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
In the booming Phoenix metro area, Washington policymakers’ rare bipartisan push to bolster national security in their high-tech arms race with China brings major enthusiasm for something more basic: jobs.
—Christine Romans, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
That brisk trade ended in 1978, when India, already concerned about depleting stocks, banned exports after learning the U.S. used some of the monkeys in military experiments during the Cold War arms race.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
The world’s most valuable semiconductor company is at the center of a corporate arms race to boost computing power for AI workloads.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Topics covered by the duo included the agency's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon and whether there's an arms race between tech companies to wield control over AI.
Watch the interview above.
—EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
In quotes published on the movie’s official Japanese website, Masao said could feel the titular character’s struggle in the latter part of the film, when Oppenheimer begins to push back against the nuclear arms race that emerges after the war.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Realities of the container ship arms race The Dali isn’t even big compared to other container ships hauling goods from port to port these days.
—USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Researchers traditionally thought that the evolutionary arms race between snake venoms and their prey’s resistance would push venom genes to become more refined over time, in favor of a specific lethal genotype—a process known as directional selection.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
In the booming Phoenix metro area, Washington policymakers’ rare bipartisan push to bolster national security in their high-tech arms race with China brings major enthusiasm for something more basic: jobs.
—Christine Romans, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
That brisk trade ended in 1978, when India, already concerned about depleting stocks, banned exports after learning the U.S. used some of the monkeys in military experiments during the Cold War arms race.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
The world’s most valuable semiconductor company is at the center of a corporate arms race to boost computing power for AI workloads.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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