pitted
1 Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pitted1
before 1050; Old English pytted (not found in ME); pit 1, -ed 3
Origin of pitted2
Example Sentences
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The forced auction was a lengthy process that pitted Amber Energy against one other contender, Gold Reserves Ltd., a creditor of Venezuela that had its gold- and copper-mining assets expropriated.
From MarketWatch
The forced auction was a lengthy process that pitted Amber Energy against one other contender, Gold Reserves Ltd., a creditor of Venezuela that had its gold- and copper-mining assets expropriated.
From MarketWatch
His crusade to cut red tape and ease zoning rules has pitted him against environmentalists and Nimby activists while winning praise from developers.
The second is a story of brothers – one a samurai, the other a shinobi – pitted against each other by an arrogant, cruel father.
From Salon
And to make things interesting, they pitted Artemis against real-world professional hackers, known as penetration testers.
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