- present tense form of vie (3rd person singular).
vies
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of vies
Afrikaans
Example Sentences
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The Aloha State now vies with California for highest income-tax rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The India investment is part of Microsoft's $23bn AI expansion across countries including Canada, Portugal and the UAE, as the company vies with rivals such as Amazon and Google.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Google meanwhile has been investing heavily in AI as it vies with OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon and others to lead with the technology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Investors appear to be catching on to the pattern of escalation, followed immediately by de-escalation, as each side vies for maximum leverage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
A bird most equal to the gods, which vies For length of life and durance with the skies, And with renew'd limbs tires ev'ry age His appetite he never doth assuage With common food.
From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)
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