Thesaurus results for RIVALED

rivaled

verb

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past tense of rival

as in competed

to engage in a contest two longtime friends who have rivaled for the same things at every stage of their lives

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Recent Examples of rivaled Its laid-back, welcoming atmosphere is rivaled only by its creative beer options, such as the Cryptic Kolsch crisp, a traditional German brew, and the White Ghost Hefe, a Bavarian-style wheat beer. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 In the late 1990s, the property was owned by Bruce Bastian, a co-founder of WordPerfect, the word-processing software that once rivaled Microsoft Word. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 It is rivaled only by the 11S Pro smartphone, which scored 27,191. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 The glossy black pearls were buttery, briny, and savory, with a subtle mineral finish that rivaled pricier options. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026 The wine was flowing, the windows were kept open, and the bright colors of the table were rivaled only by the rainbow of seasonal vegetables and ruby-red Campari spritzes. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 24 July 2026 After spending a day exploring, a soak in your private hot tub is rivaled only by sinking into a plush pillow-top mattress covered in buttery-soft Comphy sheets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026 In 2023, Microsoft was also the first to adopt AMD’s MI300X graphics processing unit, or GPU, that rivaled Nvidia’s AI chips. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 20 July 2026 But a new study argues that Neanderthal cognition may have rivaled our own. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026

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Some theories posit that it was caused by a spike in ocean oxygen levels, a threshold of climate stability or an evolutionary race of sorts as animals competed with one another for resources.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026
Both teams that competed in the Division 2 championship last year, Eastlake and Del Norte, have moved up to Division 1.

— Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026

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First responders then raced to get to the crash scene and used ropes to descend down the cliff, but there were no survivors.

— Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

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