How to Use competitor in a Sentence

competitor

noun
  • We offer better rates than our competitors.
  • There were more than 500 competitors in the race.
  • The kid who was eight years younger than some of his competitors did more than just tag along.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • For now, Nvidia can do what no one else can do, but the best competitors will find a way.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024
  • The show with the same name is already at a level of artistry few of its competitors can touch.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
  • The winning competitor’s clan leader would then rule the island for the year to come.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Even open source Maya competitor Blender beat Autodesk to the punch.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And boycotts against brands like Bud Light are easy to take part in since the beer has so many competitors, Pruitt said.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • The 10 competitors eagerly hop out of their cars to see the apartment.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Lyft — like its competitor Uber — has faced dozens of lawsuits over the issue.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • It doesn’t get bogged down by rib bones or thick fillets like some of its competitors.
    Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • In a sneak peek of a future episode, Paine throws some shade at an unknown competitor.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Six up-and-coming competitors will advance from prelims to take part in the main event.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • His main competitor was Denny Hamlin, who appeared to be a bit faster at times and took the lead from him.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Wizz Air flew to Ukraine and Israel more than competitors prior to the conflicts.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 May 2024
  • But even with all the money floating around, very few competitors get rich.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • Imagine all the ways that your team could be more helpful to customers than your competitors are.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This isn't the first time that fans have been baffled by the Jeopardy competitors' lack of Swiftian knowledge.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 May 2023
  • Since Bing’s update, Google has come out with its own competitor, Bard.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The role of M3ter and its competitors is to provide their customers with the means to align pricing with the demands and requirements of users.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • At the end of each episode, the competitor with the least amount of followers will be eliminated.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
  • This will be the first Preakness since 1948 to include just one competitor from the Kentucky Derby.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 May 2023
  • In this life-or-death struggle, the competitor willing to use both will have the advantage.
    Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • If prices are the same as competitors’, that’s collusion.
    The Editors, National Review, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Others will force you, a novice fighter, to compete head-to-head against one of the greatest competitors in the history of the sport.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 5 May 2023
  • Scheffler isn't the only Masters competitor with a baby on the way.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Season 1 competitor Kate Chastain is set to return on the Jan. 25 episode.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But the approach falls short in one area where Apple’s competitors are strong: gaming.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 10 June 2023
  • Having recently marked a milestone of over 400 Grand Prix starts, Alonso stands as one of the sport's most experienced competitors.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But its rules for verifying advertisers and publicly disclosing who paid for such ads are less stringent than those of its main competitor, Google, ProPublica and Tow found.
    Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024

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