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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He said that the Commerce Department’s investment marks a “bold step” to secure “U.S. supremacy and competitiveness through developing at-scale fabrication and device capabilities.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
We’re asking agencies to honor what Congress appropriated and President Trump affirmed: that federally funded research is the foundation of American competitiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The relative competitiveness of the cars for another.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Yet they are essential infrastructure: the substrate on which a growing share of the economy now runs, and the foundation for healthcare, education, national competitiveness and national security.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Like any other scientists, mathematicians are motivated by a complex of emotions including healthy doses of jealousy, arrogance, and competitiveness.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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