How to Use compete in a Sentence

compete

verb
Definition of competenext
Synonyms for competenext
  • Thousands of applicants are competing for the same job.
  • We are competing with companies that are twice our size.
  • The radio and the television were both on, competing for our attention.
  • To compete against him & to work with him was a blessing in my life.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2024
  • The winners of the semifinal games will compete for gold.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • May might become the first man to compete in artistic swimming at an Olympics.
    — Howard Fendrich, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
  • Players are even competing outside their school seasons.
    — Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
  • Also competing for Australia is 14-year-old Arisa Trew.
    — Patricio Chile, ABC News, 27 July 2024
  • The competing offers have made for no small amount of corporate intrigue and breathless media coverage.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
  • Five players, including former teammate Sue Bird, have competed in five.
    — CBS News, 8 June 2024
  • Thankfully, there are tons of rival decor steals from other retailers competing with the standard Prime Day sales.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024
  • There was never that much outside of going to the track to train and prepare and also to go into the competition to compete because we weren’t allowed to do anything else.
    — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
  • Only gymnasts with the top 24 scores from the entire qualification round after three subdivisions are completed, can compete in the all-around final.
    — Alice Park/paris, TIME, 27 July 2024
  • Louisville track and field is among the teams scheduled to compete.
    — Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But solid might not be enough to compete for the title.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Archers compete to win each stage and to qualify for the World Cup Final.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Great for when friends come over or for siblings who love to compete, anywhere.
    — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ten teams compete in a series of a couple dozen races that take place on racetracks and city streets all around the globe.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The air carrier competes with Ravn Alaska on all of its routes.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • West doesn’t seem at all worried about competing with Kennedy or Biden or Trump for votes.
    — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And speaking of bobs, more recently, Eve threw up a peace sign in a platinum bob no one can compete with.
    — Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Add to that the other three categories in which the film is competing tonight, and this award show could be very promising for the entire cast.
    — Lorena Meouchi, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The show broke records with its 27 Emmy noms — and for the first time, three actor leads are competing in the same category.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And as competing cars dropped left and right throughout the race’s 24 hours, leaving less than half of the GTE class remaining, the hot-pink Porsche stayed in the lead for more than 12 hours.
    — Gabby Shacknai, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2023
  • This was the Spanish women's team's third time competing in the World Cup finals, but first time winning.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Three other Wave players expect to compete on the world’s biggest stage.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • While Biles and Lee are competing against each other in Paris, the two will also be teammates in the team competition that gets underway on Tuesday.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • What should surprise us is that women did not start competing on a large scale with men in the professions until the 1970s.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This instruction is vital so that all can compete at the junior and high school levels.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • However the lawsuit shakes out, Starlink and Kuiper will compete for customers in the future.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023

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