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competitive

Definition for competitive

adjective as in willing to oppose

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There are logistical reasons, competitive reasons, security reasons, morale reasons…on and on.

While troops are fiercely competitive, they also share a sense of camaraderie—even in investing.

Bonds was an all-action, versatile player who mixed remarkable fitness, a fiercely competitive nature and skill into a potent combination that was at the heart of everything he and West Ham did.

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Securing such observations is challenging because time on major telescopes is highly competitive.

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California grads who moved to New York for college were drawn to smaller, competitive private liberal arts colleges, usually with heftier tuitions than California’s public universities.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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