archrivals

noun

plural of archrival
as in competitors

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  1. competitors
  2. challengers
  3. rivals
  4. contestants
Noun
  • Dell Technologies , Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Super Micro's server competitors Dell and HPE were also higher on the news of the company's guidance update.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If the system relies on 300-plus schools to follow suggestions their competitors do not, it’s broken.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of competitors
Noun
  • With no party likely to win a majority, Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right, ultra-Orthodox allies face centrist and left-wing challengers competing to assemble a governing coalition.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Newton, Valdosta and Heard County defended their high rankings with victories over Top 10 challengers last week.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of challengers
Noun
  • Sarah Pinto, head of Robinhood Ventures, has no issue with backing rivals.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The possibilities ‘are endless’ Candidates with smaller campaign budgets rely on artificial intelligence to compete with their rivals, Ridout suggested.
    — Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of rivals
Noun
  • There’s something so unsettling about a game show where the contestants’ well-being is not considered, and The Tonight Show leaned into that uncanniness to great effect.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of contestants going solo over a balance beam between platforms, three players had to work together to get a ball balanced on a disc over the beam.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of contestants
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