- present participle of compete.
Example Sentences
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The question is whether OpenAI and Anthropic can convince the public market that they can find a workable economic model while competing to come out on top in AI.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Klugo wears his hearing aids while competing, but even then he might miss something.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Still, the model certainly seems to be a more helpful way of thinking about bitcoin than competing models — some of which have predicted bitcoin would reach $1 million.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
After an utterly dominant first half, the Spurs led by 29 points in the third quarter—a deficit no team competing for an NBA championship had ever recovered from.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Complicating matters is the fact that there are several competing systems for naming cadences.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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