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Synonyms
battle, contend, face off, fight, race, rival, vie
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Her company doled out Fitbits — those digital schoolmarms that ceaselessly track their wearer’s every move — to teams of employees who competed against each other. — Bina Venkataraman, Time, "How Your Obsession With Short-Term Results Can Hurt You in the Long Run," 23 Aug. 2019 Among the estimated 2,300 Jewish athletes who competed in the recent 15th European Maccabi Games in Budapest, Hungary were South Floridians who took home medals for Team USA. — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida athletes compete at European Maccabi Games in Hungary," 23 Aug. 2019 Read on to see every star from Bachelor Nation who’s competed for the mirror ball trophy, below. — Glamour, "Every Bachelor Star Who’s Competed on Dancing With the Stars," 23 Aug. 2019 According to the YouTube channel Maker’s Muse, Sarah Pohorecky, who also competed in the last season of BattleBots, got a similar takedown from YouTube. — Jay Peters, The Verge, "YouTube bans robot fighting videos for animal cruelty roughly 10 years too soon," 21 Aug. 2019 O’Rourke’s presence had been assured by having met both the donor and polling criteria set by the Democratic National Committee to winnow down the field of 20 aspirants who competed on stage two nights in June and then in July. — Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com, "Attacks on racism and Trump resonate for Texans Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro," 20 Aug. 2019 Eric Decker, a receiver who did not compete at the combine because of an injury, scored an entirely unnecessary 43 on the Wonderlic (receivers average 17). — Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine, "The Wood Chipper," 19 Aug. 2019 Monday will be key because No. 3 safety Will Parks (hamstring) is out and Su’a Cravens, who is competing for the Nos. — Ryan O'halloran, The Denver Post, "Five Broncos to watch in Monday’s preseason game against San Francisco," 18 Aug. 2019 Cadet Team members who competed were Jade Joseph, Angelina Louser, Zurisadai Trinidad and Audrey Gillcrist. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "North County School News, Aug. 15," 15 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'compete.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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