in competition with
idiom
: trying to succeed against
These products are in competition with each other.
Examples of in competition with in a Sentence
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But that bond is in competition with other proposals for housing and education.
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024
Just as the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 followed a fierce space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, NASA is locked in competition with China to make the lunar landing after China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft became the first ever to land on the dark side of the moon in 2019.
—USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg, who presented Crimes of the Future in Cannes in 2022, is back in competition with The Shrouds, a horror thriller starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
That will put the SUV in competition with the Tesla Model Y, the Ford Mach-E, and, most directly, Rivian’s new R2 SUV, another electric off-roader that’s expected to hit the market around the same time.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Those mutations can affect how well the germ cells grow and produce successful eggs or sperm, which puts them in competition with respect to natural selection.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
Our work is not set against our life, and our life is not in competition with our work.
—David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
While promoting Apple, the ad was also a dig at IBM, which was in competition with Apple for the home computing market.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
The children repeated the task alone and then in competition with another participant.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024
Just as the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 followed a fierce space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, NASA is locked in competition with China to make the lunar landing after China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft became the first ever to land on the dark side of the moon in 2019.
—USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg, who presented Crimes of the Future in Cannes in 2022, is back in competition with The Shrouds, a horror thriller starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
That will put the SUV in competition with the Tesla Model Y, the Ford Mach-E, and, most directly, Rivian’s new R2 SUV, another electric off-roader that’s expected to hit the market around the same time.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Those mutations can affect how well the germ cells grow and produce successful eggs or sperm, which puts them in competition with respect to natural selection.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
Our work is not set against our life, and our life is not in competition with our work.
—David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
While promoting Apple, the ad was also a dig at IBM, which was in competition with Apple for the home computing market.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
The children repeated the task alone and then in competition with another participant.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
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