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racing

British  
/ ˈreɪsɪŋ /

adjective

  1. denoting or associated with horse races

    the racing fraternity

    a racing man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the practice of engaging horses (or sometimes greyhounds) in contests of speed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This is central to the new character of racing this year and the battles that many in the sport, including drivers, have described as "yo-yo racing".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Of particular interest is the financial-services sector, where many companies are racing to deploy AI to perform various research and analysis functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Panish reminded jurors that witnesses testified that, in the September 2020 incident, Grossman and her then-lover Erickson were racing their respective Mercedes SUVs on the roads that surrounded the lake in Westlake Village.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Quantum machines are in their infancy and while many companies are racing to build a scalable computer, nobody is known to have succeeded yet.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But I’ll be racing back to London when it does.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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