How to Use the competition in a Sentence

the competition

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  • That is good for the clubs, and good for the fans, and good for the competition.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the grousing, of course, came from the competition.
    — Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The year before that, the competition was won by a bat.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The bar is high in the competition for worst U.N. scandal.
    — David Adesnik, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And since 2011, teams from Africa have become a force in the competition.
    — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Lauren Goode: And to be clear, the competition is good, right?
    — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Even if the competition might not be best, that’s my challenge, to keep that record.
    — Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • So is the competition that comes with the big name of Manning behind it.
    — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Heman’s idea for the competition came from the early years of his life in Ethiopia.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Either one is likely to trounce the rest of the competition.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • See the full list of sports and the competition schedules online.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • The goal of the competition is to extend health span, the number of years people live healthy and free of disease.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Since the start of the competition, Nedoroscik and Arnold have not earned a score lower than a seven.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • That's a steep decline in share, but Tesla is still far ahead of the competition.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That helps the competition side, the technical side in making the cars faster.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But the competition is stiff: Barbie is also up for the award.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Thousands of people flock to the event as much for the camaraderie as the competition.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The team who adds the most value to their property will win the competition and have a street named after them.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Squid Game: The Challenge may not be as big as the show that inspired it, but the competition series still got off to a very strong start.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Season 23 of The Voice is right around the corner, and the competition is already heating up in the premiere episode!
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This is the first time the contestants have gotten a good look at each other — and can size the competition up.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Smith called the 165 weight class probably the deepest in the competition.
    — Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Those three singers will then face off on a special episode in a battle to rejoin the competition.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But what makes these capsules stand out from the competition?
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The example does not have to be a nation-state for this argument to work; the key thing is the competition.
    — Eliot Bush, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Fortune dives into these three EV stars to say more about what sets them apart from the competition.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But poor word of mouth is clearly hurting the movie, along with the competition posed by Cocaine Bear.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
  • And that leads us so far in the wrong direction that the competition in memory works against us.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Inaba then went on to give the duo a score of 10, their first in the competition, which at least allowed Farber and Tran to end their journey on a high note.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Academics played a big part in their success, and both singled out the competition at Santa Margarita for pushing them to succeed in the classroom.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024

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