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Just like in the US, getting a spot can be something of a rat race, in which high-income families invest more time and resources into hunting for space and getting off long waitlists.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
The implication that OpenAI is stuck in such a rat race is the most critical Sutskever has been of his former employer in public.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
The Atlanta talent isn’t bound by the politics, rat race, and constructs of how rappers are expected to move.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 21 June 2024
Driven by the fear of missing out and determination to escape the corporate rat race, over 70% of the generation owns stock, according to NASDAQ, more than prior generations at the same life stage.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 June 2024
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First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Rat race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rat%20race. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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