How to Use arms race in a Sentence

arms race

noun
  • The arms race was more or less in balance.
    — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Now, a new arms race may ensue.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This was the opening salvo in a red-carpet arms race.
    — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • New Jersey has been playing catch-up in a tax-break arms race.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Hong Kong, instead, shouldn’t try to compete in that arms race.
    — Brian Wong, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • There wasn’t an arms race at the top of each division, like in seasons past.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That set off an arms race for cartographers.
    — Michael Van Sickler, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
  • How does the redistricting arms race shake out?
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Jan. 2026
  • This also explains the current arms race.
    — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • History suggests a new electoral arms race will take place.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Naturally, the arms race is on.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, there's a bit of an arms race.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • They were locked in an aerial arms race, trying to one-up each other with more difficult tricks.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
  • America is still leading the AI arms race.
    — Bill Huizenga, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Each is therefore locked in an arms race, where slowing down means risking everything.
    — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Recruiting became an arms race.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Las Vegas is about to become the next big proving ground in the robotaxi arms race.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • All this to say, the arms race to bring new-to-market acne solutions is underway.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Senator Ed Markey warns that could lead to a new nuclear arms race.
    — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Orús and Lizaso believe that the AI arms race is foolish.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Russia is also innovating in the drone arms race.
    — Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This is the new arms race in business — building certainty in an uncertain world.
    — Scott Cannon, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The new arms race is for compute — and America can’t afford to fall behind.
    — FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This was the last formal limitation on a new nuclear arms race.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Robeson had also given a speech in Paris condemning the arms race.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The redistricting arms race is on, and Democrats got a boost Tuesday on that front.
    — NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Stars are in an arms race with the Wild, and Minnesota is gaining ground.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The whole risk and worry had been this would get in the way of America's arms race with China.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • The Texas gerrymandering move may have set off a 20-year arms race.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There's kind of a race environment, an arms race environment right now.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026

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