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competitive

[kuhm-pet-i-tiv] / kəmˈpɛt ɪ tɪv /


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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From BBC

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

From Science Daily

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.

From Los Angeles Times