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compete

[kuhm-peet] / kəmˈpit /


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Revolut secured a U.K. banking license in March after a yearslong wait and also filed an application for a national bank charter in the U.S., in an effort to compete with traditional financial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

"Our goal should be for American open source models to be the best globally. This requires removing the hurdles that make it harder for American open source models to compete," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

That could decrease the value of their relationships with Nvidia, the analysts added, which may make it even more difficult to compete with SpaceX.

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

France say they are still planning to compete in the Under-20 Women's World Cup next month despite a threat from Uefa to boycott Fifa competitions.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Well, usually I compete in the summer swim meets at the rec center but I got a little busy this year trying to make Junior Agent.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Dow Jones competes with Thomson Reuters in financial news and information services.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Claude competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, and customers pay based on the amount of work performed, measured in units called tokens.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Ingbretson and her husband, who also competes, were hosted in the Australian state of Tasmania last winter, while her mother put up Canadian and Australian competitors in Hayward for this year's world championships.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

He says the move shows Shopify wants to reinvest in the partner channel, “particularly as the company pushes further upmarket and competes for more complex merchant implementations across Plus, POS, and B2B use cases.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Justice encouraged Will to join the Boy Scouts, and when he was invited to join his school’s Academic Team, which competes in quiz bowls, she insisted that he try it.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“That’s kind of unusual for me, especially with my command, but I thought I competed well and gave our team a chance to win.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Swimmer Faye Rogers impressively brought her success at the Paralympics back to Glasgow with gold in the pool - and then competed in the non-para event as well.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Hearn, who competed in three Olympic Summer Games in canoeing, told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a long bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached liner.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

YouTube page in March featuring a special edition in which drag queen Monét X Change, singer Rebecca Black and comedian Brennan Lee Mulligan competed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Pastor Ray had competed in the 1974 Mr. Universe competition.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

They found themselves competing against eager buyers who were ready to offer far more than the asking price.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Vermont-based Beta Technologies is also competing in the race to deploy air taxis at a commercial scale.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Zuckerberg also argues for allowing distillation, a controversial practice whereby developers query competing models to copy what they know.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

When two molecules are competing to receive an electron, the electron typically goes to the molecule that is easier to reduce.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

I don’t know how to explain that even with my earmuffs on, I heard sounds crashing and competing.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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