in competition with
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: trying to succeed against
These products are in competition with each other.
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The drug is classified as a GLP-1, which could put the company in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
The move puts OpenAI more directly in competition with Google's core business, as well as with OpenAI partner Microsoft — whose Bing search engine is the distant No. 2 in the search business.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The hot dog eating competitions are now in competition with each other.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 June 2024
In 2015, the police department suspended Truong’s outside work permit to investigate whether his management and ownership of a private security firm presented a conflict of interest that put him in competition with his employer.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
The move puts OpenAI more directly in competition with Google's core business, as well as with OpenAI partner Microsoft — whose Bing search engine is the distant No. 2 in the search business.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The hot dog eating competitions are now in competition with each other.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 June 2024
In 2015, the police department suspended Truong’s outside work permit to investigate whether his management and ownership of a private security firm presented a conflict of interest that put him in competition with his employer.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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“In competition with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20competition%20with. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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