How to Use ultracompetitive in a Sentence

ultracompetitive

adjective
  • This season — with the new Next Gen car — has proved to be ultracompetitive in its early stages, with 10 different winners through the first 12 races.
    Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • The unbeaten Cards have shoved their way to the front of this ultracompetitive division with an offense that could run up the score on anybody, combined with a defense that finally managed to outsmart Sean McVay.
    Greg Beacham, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The stress of the back-and-forth, ultracompetitive match challenged the cardiovascular systems of everyone in the building, including Andrean coach Grant Bell.
    Dave Melton, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • In an ultracompetitive landscape involving in-demand athletes, the quicker process is expected to put Sanders on a more level playing field.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But Tesla is still the glamour model in the ultracompetitive, capital-intensive, mainly slow-growth business of building and selling cars.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Though walking away from the contest her sponsor entitles without a shot to compete for a medal is of course disappointing for the ultracompetitive Duran, her next opportunity is right around the corner.
    Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • Once hailed as the future of American chess, Nakamura has devoted his life to an ultracompetitive game, one that only two or three dozen people can make a comfortable living solely from playing.
    Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Nikki Kahealani Chun, director of undergraduate admissions for Caltech, said the 2,200-student school in Pasadena has never focused as much on tests as its ultracompetitive reputation would suggest.
    Nick Anderson Washington Post, Star Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • For many individual summer sports, a nationwide effort to identify talented children at a young age and train them in an ultracompetitive environment delivered great results for China.
    Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Conflict brews over governor’s student transfer guarantee plan for ultracompetitive UCLA.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023

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