Thesaurus results for COMPETES

competes

verb

present tense third-person singular of compete

as in contends

to engage in a contest prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship

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Recent Examples of competes This is not a watch that competes for attention. — Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Morozov competes very well, is quite physical and uses his big body to win battles. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Nature is often portrayed as a battlefield where every species competes for food, territory, and survival. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 As a result, formal career education increasingly competes with a constant stream of online messages about work, success and the future. — Matthew Simoneau, The Conversation, 22 June 2026 With a 6-foot-4, 235-pound frame, Palmquest also competes in shot put and threw 46 1/2 feet as a sophomore, taking first in Aledo’s district meet. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 Abbvie’s top immunology drugs include Skyrizi, which competes against Tremfya from Club name Johnson & Johnson . — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 June 2026 The Chevy Silverado is a close cousin to the Sierra 1500, though GMC's model competes at a more premium price point. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 25 June 2026 According to Reuters, Gakpo was given time off to spend with his family, who are staying near the team base in Kansas City as the Netherlands competes in the World Cup. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026

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The unsettled conference status for Ursuline is causing the school harm, the complaint contends.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
On Thursday, federal court records show, attorneys for Marseille filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, seeking damages for what the suit contends was undue use of force.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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As is common with Enola Holmes films, zippy flashbacks and kicky montages illuminate what led up to all of this, but there’s an energy missing here, as the film races to get back into the present Maltese moment, which feels dire indeed.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026

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