competing claim

collocation in English

meaningsofcompeteandclaim

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compete
verb[I]
uk
/kəmˈpiːt/us
/kəmˈpiːt/
to try to be more successful than someone or ...
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claim
noun[C]
uk
/kleɪm/us
/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
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(Definition ofcompeteandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They can make a formal challenge to the application only if they can show that they have acompetingclaim.
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The health of people should take priority as acompetingclaimover the health of the racing industry.
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In 1420 the lastcompetingclaimto the island was bought out.
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Competing claims to land and power were buttressed by appeals to the migration narratives.
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His reign marks the inauguration of a new historical phase following the turmoil of the competing claims of the seven usurpers who preceded him.
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This typically happens when subnational jurisdictions have taxation powers, and jurisdictions have competing claims.
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There are two competing claims in publications about how the park obtained its name.
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There was no clear successor to the governor-elect, and the state's executive was thrown into chaos among competing claims to the governorship.
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Many settlers were intellectuals who feared an impending war as a result of competing claims to the territory.
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Competing claims in turn leads to land conflicts.
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It took years to sort through the competing claims.
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Although a panel of six guardians was appointed to govern the realm, factions soon solidified with competing claims to the throne.
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The system did not protect people from competing claims or set up an orderly chain of title.
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As a consequence of the initial competing claims of discovery, an element naming controversy arose.
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Courts began developing common-law doctrines to accommodate landowners who asserted competing claims over a body of water.
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A number of analyses of the competing claims were undertaken at the time, with conflicting results.
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Subsequent controversy surrounding his and others' competing claims with regard to aircraft overshadowed his great contribution to the development of airships.
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No social scientist worthy of his profession reaches conclusions by balancing competing claims.
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It was not anti-rational, but rather it balanced rationality against the competing claims of intuition and the sense of justice.
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The problem faced by audiences follows from the problem facing experts: when faced with competing claims of expertise, what resources do non-experts have to evaluate claims put before them?
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