competes
- present tense form of compete (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Space Force competes "with Silicon Valley and major aerospace firms for top-tier talent," the spokesperson said.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
That leaves ranchers with fewer buyers, weaker bargaining power and less reliable access to processing capacity — especially as more imported beef competes for space in the same supply chain.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Cursor competes with Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, which can write code, debug software and automate tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
He competes for ring contracts with Tiffany & Co. and Jostens, both much larger operations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Justice encouraged Will to join the Boy Scouts, and when he was invited to join his school’s Academic Team, which competes in quiz bowls, she insisted that he try it.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
