1
as in tournament
a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize
a competition between two fierce football rivals
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2
as in contestant
one who strives for the same thing as another
tried to analyze his major competition in the tennis tournament
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as in rivalry
an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another
the intense competition for bragging rights to being the city's best French restaurant
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Recent Examples of competition
Now 6-0 with the UFC, Pimblett looks to take a step up in competition against Chandler.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
With the reduction of public offerings, the youth sports programming gap was filled by private clubs and leagues, which placed more emphasis on athleticism, competition and sometimes elite-style training.
—Mark Rerick, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The Relationship with Streaming Platforms The integration of streaming giants into the festival landscape has been a point of contention, with Cannes refusing to include films from platforms like Netflix in its main competition.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
But competition in the car industry was also a factor.
—Neha Hegde,christine Tan, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
With the reduction of public offerings, the youth sports programming gap was filled by private clubs and leagues, which placed more emphasis on athleticism, competition and sometimes elite-style training.
—Mark Rerick, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The Relationship with Streaming Platforms The integration of streaming giants into the festival landscape has been a point of contention, with Cannes refusing to include films from platforms like Netflix in its main competition.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
But competition in the car industry was also a factor.
—Neha Hegde,christine Tan, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for competition
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Basketball fanatics can catch games throughout the tournament on CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, TBS, TNT and TruTV.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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What’s a Triton? UC San Diego was preparing to play in the Division II tournament when it was canceled by the pandemic in 2020.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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And Bong is the wrong pop artist to convey cultural dissent — as Kendrick Lamar did in his controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show that portrayed black Americans as video game figures resembling Mickey in his space suit and those contestants in Squid Game TV series.—
Armond White,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
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Further, protecting contestants from isolation and being exemplified or tokenized – at all levels of productions – is needed to provide greater accountability when portraying the raw realities of LGBTQ people on screen in a reality setting.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are off the injury report for this game, giving themselves the green light for this rivalry game.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Even today, gangsta and drill rappers make headlines right here in Chicago when their music explodes into rivalries and retaliatory murders.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Every March, the Japanese Friendship Garden hosts its annual event when its cherry blossoms are typically in bloom.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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For your final evening on Grand Turk, make a reservation at Secret Garden, an intimate restaurant at the Salt Raker Inn where every sunset is a social event.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
AFAR Media,
10 Mar. 2025
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In fact, research shows that companies putting talent at the heart of their business strategy achieve higher total shareholder returns than their competitors.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The event, which included more than 90 competitors from sixth to eighth grade, brought together students from public and independent schools countywide at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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As a digital balloting closed earlier Sunday, Carney received the overwhelming majority of the 150,000 members of the Liberal Party than any other contender in the short leadership battle.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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Whoever challenges for the Democrat nomination will have half an eye on the national battle, where the economy, security and national pride are likely to outweigh liberal issues.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Each member of the trio has its partisans, with preference usually coming down to where the car was first encountered, whether that be an early Gran Turismo game (the R32), Import Tuner magazine (R33), or FF4 (R34).—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2025
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The reality is the NBA has observers at games and sanctions officials when necessary (although not publicly).—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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Both should be Final Four favorites and national title contenders.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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This could be considered an important achievement for Byron, who also won the Daytona 500 this year, positioning himself as a strong Cup Series championship contender.—
Saajan Jogia,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Competition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competition. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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