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The phrase "a mutual competitor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a competitor that is shared by two or more parties in a business or market context.
Example: "Our company and our partner both face challenges from a mutual competitor in the tech industry."
Alternatives: "a common rival" or "a shared competitor".
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Sometimes all it takes to turn antagonists into allies is the threat of a mutual competitor.
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The groundwork for the merger of SBC and UBS was actually laid by their mutual competitor, Credit Suisse which had approached UBS about a merger that would have created the second largest bank in the world in 1996.
With iOS 6 getting drenched with Facebook, it seem more likely that this could be the start of stronger ties between Cook and Zuckerberg's companies, which could serve to beat back their mutual competitor Google.
Similarly, two shops may be connected to one another through a mutual intermediary, but might be unaware that they are identifying a common competitor.
Starting with the belief that we are colleagues in a mutual endeavor, not competitors and certainly not enemies, when we begin to flesh out our understanding of a problem.
The decision by Bank of America also came after another agency owned by Omnicom, TBWA/Chiat/Day, became the creative agency for Washington Mutual, a competitor of Bank of America's.
Sport at its best is a cooperative activity in which competitors on both sides play with honor in a mutual quest for excellence.
A mutual friend introduced them.
"It was a mutual decision.
This implied a mutual understanding.
A mutual chemical match.
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