- present participle of compete.
competing
Example Sentences
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Long before the U.S.-China AI battle became headline news, Tang saw himself as competing with OpenAI’s Sam Altman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This week, its machines are competing in the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Well, 40 years ago, people didn’t want to talk about a 24-hour sports network either as if competing with ‘The Big Three’ broadcast networks was taboo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The "fragmentation" of EU markets means firms are not competing enough across the whole eurozone and also struggled to raise funds, particular when compared to US peers, Lagarde said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He was competing with Galen, but there was not yet a community of anatomists in competition with each other, and Vesalius was not in the business of claiming priority for his discoveries.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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