How to Use ultracompetitive in a Sentence

ultracompetitive

adjective
  • Other hopefuls can try their chances in ultracompetitive lotteries put on by six of the seven marathons, but chances are slim.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Strome puts enormous pressure on himself, even more than is typical for the ultracompetitive personalities that populate the NHL.
    — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rather than leave the Twins early and go directly into ultracompetitive mode in the World Baseball Classic, Bradley decided to focus on the upcoming season and opt out of pitching for Team Mexico.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The extended hunt for a new CFO underscores the ultracompetitive state of the market for hiring a strategic finance leader who brings extensive audit and accounting expertise as well as credibility with Wall Street.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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