arms race

noun

1. competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

arms race

noun

1. the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other(s)

Word History and Origins

Origin of arms race¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

China, Russia and North Korea have denounced the plan, claiming that it is driving a dangerous new arms race.

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For Elon Musk, ground zero of the AI arms race is a 114-acre tract of grass and swamp on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi.

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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky warned the UN last month that AI was contributing to "the most destructive arms race in human history".

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MEMPHIS—For Elon Musk, ground zero of the artificial intelligence arms race is a 114-acre tract of grass and swamp on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi.

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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

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