competitiveness
Americannoun
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the tendency to perceive and approach activities in a competitive way.
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the quality of being useful or advantageous in competition with rivals.
Example Sentences
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One of Google’s big artificial-intelligence advantages is its custom chip business, and the company is stepping up the competitiveness of its products in a potential challenge to Nvidia.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
Reflecting prevailing operating conditions, Sodexo downgraded its targets for the current fiscal year and said that this was a necessary step to restore the group’s competitiveness at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Alibaba released Qwen3.6-Plus, its latest large language model, focusing on coding and claiming competitiveness with rivals.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
These priorities reflect a judgment that concentrated funding in emerging technologies serves long-term American competitiveness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Poaching was perfectly legal in the Book Scavenger world, and some users claimed the competitiveness made it more fun, but Emily didn’t like to do it.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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