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

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Origin of arms race

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby arms race

arms, Arms and the Man, arms control, armscye, arm's-length, arms race, armstand dive, Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis, arm-twist, arm-twisting

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On Monday, Twitter announced it had acquired the newsletter platform Revue, the social media giant’s first step into consumer revenue and latest piece of evidence that we are in the beginning of a newsletter arms race.
Cheat sheet: Twitter’s acquisition of Revue heats up the battle of the inbox|Max Willens|January 27, 2021|Digiday
AdNauseam might adapt to skirt Google’s counteroffensive, but an arms race will obviously favor Google.
This tool lets you confuse Google’s ad network, and a test shows it works|Konstantin Kakaes|January 6, 2021|MIT Technology Review
We’ve known for more than 100 years that the West is short on water, yet we continue to grow alfalfa in the desert, and use increasingly sophisticated drilling techniques in a kind of water arms race.
How technology might finally start telling farmers things they didn’t already know|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The trend toward digital sovereignty has unleashed a digital arms race that slows down innovation and offers no meaningful benefit to customers.
The balkanization of the cloud is bad for everyone|Amy Nordrum|December 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review

In this administration, amid a technological arms race against China and other nations, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States has dramatically ramped up its power.
Has CFIUS become a tool for crony capitalism?|Lucinda Shen|October 19, 2020|Fortune
On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
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Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
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How far has Congress really evolved on race when in 50 years it has gone from one black senator to two?
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The two little Pontelliers were with him, and he carried Madame Ratignolle's little girl in his arms.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He stood, with the air of a hero, both arms extended towards the amazed pair of lovers.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for arms race

arms race

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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