competition
Example Sentences
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Most of Ohtani’s build-up has taken place outside of competition, as he balanced playing in the World Baseball Classic for Team Japan as a position player, and addressing pitching on the side.
From Los Angeles Times
The travelling support had certainly not forgotten that Newcastle had reached the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in the club's history.
From BBC
All six of its clubs competing in the Champions League reached the knockout stages of the competition for the first time.
From BBC
She quickly excelled and joined one of the performance squads so she could take part in competitions.
From BBC
When I pointed out that its predictions were wrong, and included teams that weren’t even in the competition, it admitted I was right, promised to do better next time, and then produced more gibberish.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.