Collocations withcompetitor
These are words often used in combination withcompetitor.
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chief competitor
Moreover, both railwaymen and road hauliers are wrong in assuming that each is the other's chief competitor.
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closest competitor
Thus, the market definition should be expanded to include the next closest competitor or product.
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efficient competitor
My concern is for the strong and efficient competitor who sees his inefficient rival using his money, paid in taxes, to compete with him.
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fellow competitors
His inclusion on the senior circuit caused mild controversy, as he was significantly younger than many of his fellow competitors.
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female competitor
Her 41-12 match record includes 18 consecutive wins, more than any other female competitor.
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fierce competitor
She will be a fierce competitor once her defence plans and production are completed.
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foreign competitor
Of course, it will come from a foreign competitor, and you are putting your ships into touch with foreign suppliers and permanently losing a market.
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formidable competitor
At the very least, the euro will be a formidable competitor for sterling, because it is bound to circulate freely within the countries.
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industrial competitor
Income for income, the tax at maximum levels of taxation in industrial competitor countries is far lower than it is here.
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main competitor
The main competitor today, particularly for teachers of science and mathematics, is industry and commerce.
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major competitor
It has taken 18 years for a major competitor to be published.
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nearest competitor
If the identity of the nearest competitor is important, then the margin of victory over this competitor should be a significant constraint on expenditure decisions.
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overseas competitor
The company is finding it difficult to compete against overseas competitors, which are often state-sponsored.
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potential competitor
I believe that the company is planning to asset-strip the yard, and at the same time to destroy a potential competitor.
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principal competitor
The necessity for the rationing of imported fuel has affected the principal competitor of the railways, the virile and active road transport industry.
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serious competitor
This alternative hypothesis does not make a sociological explanation a serious competitor for the explanation of theistic experiences.
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strong competitor
The miners' dispute looks like becoming a strong competitor in the expenditure of the nation.
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successful competitor
Vochysia can be a successful competitor in understorey conditions of young second-growth forests once one or more canopy layers have developed.
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superior competitor
The scenario in which the small herbivore is the superior competitor at low plant standing crop seems to be most plausible on allometric grounds.
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top competitor
He is a top competitor in any tournament he enters and has numerous wins under his belt.
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