How to Use competitor in a Sentence

competitor

noun
  • We offer better rates than our competitors.
  • There were more than 500 competitors in the race.
  • Your competitor just made that list and you… did not.
    — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • This mat isn’t as thick and durable as some of its competitors.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Hess said about a competitor across the street.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These were way ahead of their competitors.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The kid who was eight years younger than some of his competitors did more than just tag along.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • He can be seen as a dogged competitor who used his edge to push his way to the big leagues.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • SpaceX gives a ride to a competitor.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
  • By now your list looks nothing like that first page of competitors.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • So, Nvidia can ‘own’ a piece of its largest competitor.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Each knows how to make a case for themselves and land a blow on a competitor.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • It doesn’t get bogged down by rib bones or thick fillets like some of its competitors.
    — Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • And right now, our competitors aren’t waiting for us.
    — Paul Meador, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • Just keep stacking days — and be a competitor.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Only the best score counts for each competitor.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Who is being squeezed by a competitor and needs to defend their turf right now?
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • For now, Nvidia can do what no one else can do, but the best competitors will find a way.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024
  • How much of your pain in that moment was simply a competitor who just lost a big game?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And Larry wants to salt the earth so the competitors can’t come back.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
  • And why don't competitors erode those profits?
    — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But even with all the money floating around, very few competitors get rich.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • In ski mountaineering, competitors race through a course by ski and on foot.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The show with the same name is already at a level of artistry few of its competitors can touch.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
  • But if anyone is the competitor?
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And a fierce competitor is nipping at the agency’s heels.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Marquez, one of the competitors, said the races were intense.
    — Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • While growth may have been slower than some competitors at first, over time, consumer trust has paid off.
    — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Burnette can be blunt when talking about his competitors.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The field of competitors had narrowed from 456 to just five.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026

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