compete
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They are expanding need-based aid widely enough to compete on price against historically cheaper alternatives, following the lead of top universities like Harvard and Princeton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
He watched snowboarder Chloe Kim compete at the Mammoth Mountain World Cup shortly before her gold-medal performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Moises Caicedo: Influential presence in a scrappy midfield battle, helping Chelsea compete physically in the centre of the pitch.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Hamilton said he has proven that he can still compete at the highest level.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
I didn’t always feel that comfortable when we went to other schools to compete.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Investors have been weighing up user engagement - the amount of time customers spend on Netflix - as it competes with platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
That would help Oracle avoid borrowing more money itself, keeping debt costs under control as the company competes against larger tech firms with bigger war chests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The company competes in a “very fragmented space,” is more than double the size of its next biggest competitor and has been using AI to optimize pricing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The company last week rebranded as Novo, betting that a shorter name will help it resonate more with consumers as it competes with Eli Lilly, while keeping Novo Nordisk as its legal name globally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
At night, every living thing competes for a chance to be heard.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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In 2016, 40 women ran for Senate seats; of those, 15 won their primaries and competed on national Election Day.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
He also suggested that the platform risked a drop in relevance as its larger rivals competed more aggressively.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Growing up poor in rural Indiana, Gerstner competed in a high-school program of problem-solving competitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Not talking only about the results, talking about the way that we competed and the way that we came together, I think it was amazing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He flipped through the pages and saw the detailed descriptions I had of almost every woman I’d ever competed against over the years.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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One sign that men are no longer widely viewed as the default face of political power is that women are competing for that power in larger numbers, and with less pushback or even notice.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
With Alphabet’s tensor processing units and Amazon’s Trainium chips also competing for AI, it will become harder for the big chip-makers to demand premium prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Eastern hour when results come in from Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, where both parties are competing for an open seat held by Rep. Andy Barr, a Republican who is running for Senate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Tourists now pack some cemeteries, competing with families for space.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
In the summer of 1813 the dialogue ceased being a still-life picture of posed patriarchs and became an argument between competing versions of the revolutionary legacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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