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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Last week's battling Super Cup defeat in Salzbug to Paris St-Germain still showed Villa's competitiveness and Emery's powers of adaptability.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“California’s future rests on both maintaining our economic competitiveness and making smart, accountable public investments that improve affordability and quality of life for all,” Lunardini wrote in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"If Bangladesh fails to strike free-trade agreements after the end of the preferential trade regime, the country may risk losing competitiveness," said Dhaka University professor Selim Raihan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“We have to adapt a little bit to U.S. competitiveness, which is very fierce.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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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