contest with

Frequency: 6.910.5 per million words

competing against a specific opponent or entity

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Examples (10)

  • The New Zealanders are looking forward to future contests with South Africa.
  • The upcoming election will be a fierce contest with the incumbent party.
  • Our company is in a constant contest with larger corporations for market share.
  • The ancient city-states engaged in numerous military contests with their neighbors.
  • He described his recovery as a daily contest with his own doubts and fears.
  • The inheritance led to a bitter legal contest with her estranged siblings.
  • The tech giant's primary contest is with a handful of innovative startups.
  • The chess championship was a tense intellectual contest with the reigning grandmaster.
  • A contest with that team would surely test the limits of our players' abilities.
  • She enjoyed the friendly contest with her brother to see who could solve the puzzle first.