rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
has rivaled
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present perfectof rival (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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None of next year’s headliners is a stranger to Stagecoach, which premiered in 2007 and which in recent years has rivaled Coachella as a destination for marketers and influencers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
But Dockside’s continued success, and its reverence in the music world, has rivaled any medicine that the doctor ordered.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 4, 2018
Of all the presidents he's interviewed–Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now Trump–Baker says no one has rivaled the current president "in his capacity to provoke."
From Time ● Aug. 3, 2017
During some of the actual protests, the number of law enforcement officers has rivaled the number of demonstrators.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2012
No man in Congress during the present generation has rivaled his singular power in this respect.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine
