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arms race

noun

  1. competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.


arms race

noun

  1. the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other(s)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of arms race1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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His erratic and provocative behavior since he took office the second time has now raised the spectre of a new nuclear arms race.

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Burgum also told Bloomberg that the administration wants to undo the Biden administration’s “attack on U.S. energy” by cutting through red tape and empowering the nation to compete in an AI arms race against China.

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"Yes, it's an arms race, and they're getting extraordinary," says Clint Thompson, the news editor at the flight and travel website The Points Guy.

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“We’re in a global arms race with an adversary that, unlike any in American history, has the economic and the military capability to truly supplant and replace us.”

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“It’s been an arms race for the airlines to offer more of a premium product.”

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