How to Use hypercompetitive in a Sentence

hypercompetitive

adjective
Definition of hypercompetitivenext
  • That amounted to a cost of about $45 for each new user — a bargain in the hypercompetitive gambling market.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
  • In the hypercompetitive world of professional sports, a new archetype of champion has been quietly emerging over the past few years.
    — Beau River, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
  • And it’s found a U.S.-based partner in its quest to capitalize on every advantage in a hypercompetitive sport.
    — Jeff Koyen, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That seems more promising than relying just on the hypercompetitive grocery space.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 17 June 2021
  • The surge can be explained, in part, by the coronavirus pandemic, as these athletes, hypercompetitive by nature, embraced long runs, indoor and outdoor bike rides, and endless pool laps to ward off isolation and set new goals.
    — David W. Chen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2022
  • To cope with a strained supply chain and a hypercompetitive labor market that sometimes led to understaffing, the company spent $2 billion during the third quarter on extra pay and incentives.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • And like Microsoft, AWS has been accused of being hypercompetitive, whether rolling out products that trample those of partners, or seeking to commercialize open-source projects built by others.
    — Matt Day and bloomberg, Fortune, 5 July 2021
  • Those can be difficult to come buy in the region’s hypercompetitive market, however.
    — Dylan Dhindsa, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Thomas and other agents say out-of-state buyers are often extremely decisive in a market that's already hypercompetitive.
    — Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • The excess of retail space has also softened up some landlords in formerly hypercompetitive areas, Zagor added.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Adidas entered the partnership in hopes of catching up to Nike, which had long dominated the hypercompetitive global sneaker market.
    — Megan Twohey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And that translated into a hypercompetitive approach when Paul arrived as a freshman.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2021
  • As a college senior majoring in social work, Lee is prepping for South Korea's hypercompetitive job market, which is getting even tougher as many job opportunities dry up in the wake of the pandemic.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
  • Few women ventured into the wave’s hypercompetitive lineup back then.
    — Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Observers have noticed a growing malaise among a middle class weary of toiling in a hypercompetitive environment without much promise for material gain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • This built on prior research, including a 1994 study that found hypercompetitive people to be highly narcissistic and to have lower self-esteem and higher rates of anxiety and depression than others.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • In today’s hypercompetitive environment, retailers are both setting trends and trying to keep up with others.
    — Sanjeev Siotia, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Looking back, Menken credits one crucial ability that seemingly all successful film composers point to as the key to success in the hypercompetitive world of film composing: versatility.
    — Jeff Bond, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But LaSalle ran into cash trouble in recent years as a surge of competitors with new facilities drove down occupancy and rental rates, especially in hypercompetitive markets.
    — Brad Schrade, ajc, 24 Nov. 2019
  • In the early nineties, making it through hip-hop’s hypercompetitive gantlet didn’t guarantee stability.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • When prices are skyrocketing, station owners earn less, and may lose money in the hypercompetitive environment spawned by expensive gasoline.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The hypercompetitive environment that defines many white-collar workplaces in China is already grinding on Naomi Chen, a 29-year-old financial analyst in Shanghai.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The appetite for intelligence gathering in the hypercompetitive tech world continues, though.
    — New York Times, 28 Nov. 2021
  • In the hypercompetitive world of venture capital, where information and connections are valuable currency, Krein's dual roles as a tech entrepreneur and as son-in-law to the president present several novel challenges, experts said.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • In an overcrowded and hypercompetitive marketplace like television right now, memorable concepts and viral trailers, which all three shows enjoyed, are invaluable for networks.
    — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
  • In India, a hypercompetitive market with increasingly ornery regulators, the cuts might end up being deeper than expected.
    — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Those that did not prioritize digital prior to the pandemic found that procrastination was no longer an option — the digital landscape is hypercompetitive.
    — Benjamin Pring, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Facing a hypercompetitive job market and skyrocketing housing prices, anti-feminists claim the country's bid to address gender inequality has tipped too far in women's favor.
    — Yoonjung Seo and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 8 Mar. 2022
  • In the food truck sector, a traditionally hypercompetitive business, collaboration hasn’t always been the norm.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2020
  • In a hypercompetitive, billion-dollar business, Gaudelli is considered the standard.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022

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