vie
verb (used without object)
to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority.
have vied
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present perfectof vie.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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Aviators and air-defense units have vied to be their side’s top air ace ever since the feats of Germany’s Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, in World War I.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Ministers have vied with each other to get their proposals in.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024
Its Claude AI models have vied for prominence with OpenAI's GPT series.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023
The two superpowers have vied for influence in Africa, sending top officials on diplomatic missions to the continent in recent months.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
If the view without presented a scene of the most grand and varied loveliness, within this chamber art seemed to have vied in presenting objects the most strange and beautiful.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
