Thesaurus results for VIES

vies

verb

present tense third-person singular of vie

as in competes

to engage in a contest vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion

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Recent Examples of vies The owls also face pressure from the barred owl, a more territorial competitor that vies for the same food and habitat and usually wins. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026 Volvo’s mainstay also vies for sales with its smaller and nearly as popular stablemate, the XC60 PHEV. — James Raia, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026 China's mission was planned as the country vies with the United States to land astronauts on the moon and secure a near-permanent presence on its surface. — Miles Doran, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 The Guardians' Team Store also pledged game day proceeds, hoping this act of generosity brings good karma as the team vies for a playoff spot. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Polls promise the race will be fiercely competitive, as Talarico vies to become the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas in three decades. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2026 American Coco Gauff seeks to defend her title as the women’s singles champion, while Jannik Sinner of Italy vies for his first French Open men’s singles title. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 This week’s announcement comes as Lamont vies for a third term as governor and the state faces a severe lack of housing that’s affordable and available to people with low incomes. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026 Home Depot’s next acquisition would add critical building systems to its wholesale network as the company vies for more business from professional contractors. — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vies

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SpaceX competes with Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI market, though Grok trails far behind models from top rivals.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Out of sub-Saharan Africa, Cameroonian director Auguste Bernard Kouemo competes with House of the Wind, which debuted in the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar winning its Special Jury Prize and the Lion of the Future for a Debut Film.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of competes

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Some of the roughly 18 locations were chosen, Hale contends, because the city failed to respond to numerous 311 calls for improvement.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
But Uthmeier contends an overly broad reading of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause has been twisted into a tool to suppress Christians and other believers.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026