strong competitor

collocation in English

meaningsofstrongandcompetitor

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strong
adjective
uk
/strɒŋ/us
/strɑːŋ/
powerful; having or using great force ...
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competitor
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɚ/
a person, team, or company that is competing ...
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(Definition ofstrongandcompetitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The miners' dispute looks like becoming astrongcompetitorin the expenditure of the nation.
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He was astrongcompetitorat centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck.
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She was also astrongcompetitorin tennis, swimming, sailing and cricket and now works as a coach to many athletes.
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Demon athletics has long been astrongcompetitorin the area, having participated in state championships in several sports.
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In bays and wet flats, where the tree cover is relatively light, loblolly-bay is astrongcompetitor.
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Despite her age, she is astrongcompetitorwith numerous international podium finishes, and she is consistently ranked in the top 20 world rankings.
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Aermotor soon became astrongcompetitoramong its contemporaries selling over 20,000 of its windmills by 1892.
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She was a consistentlystrongcompetitorthrough 1977-78, winning several vaulting and floor exercise event titles.
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It grows slowly and is not astrongcompetitorexcept at higher altitudes.
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It is a verystrongcompetitorin most of the species associations in which it is found.
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During the course of the race he has proved to be astrongcompetitoreven after little training.
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But biological forces may also produce zonation, as when astrongcompetitorforces weaker competitors to higher or lower positions on the gradient.
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Leiden, in particular, was astrongcompetitorand made further improvement necessary.
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The club was astrongcompetitorthroughout the 50s and 60s.
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The format however was notstrongcompetitorin the market.
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Late successional or climax species are slow to colonize and grow, but are strong competitors and may live and produce seeds for a long time.
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Dunbar starts by saying that he's astrongcompetitor.
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Enebechi was soon discovered as astrongcompetitor.
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Khadie succeeded, of course as she is astrongcompetitor, so sting won 96.
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If a given event receives sufficient activation to pass threshold and is not interfered with by strong competitors, then it will become consciously available for recall.
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