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The phrase "ability to compete for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's or something's capacity to vie for a position, award, or opportunity.
Example: "The athlete's ability to compete for the championship title was evident in her performance during the qualifiers."
Alternatives: "capacity to contend for" or "potential to vie for".
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Their ability to compete for customer success in the coming years may depend on it.
For Nasdaq, the missteps raise questions about its ability to compete for prominent new listings.
And that our residents have the ability to compete for them.
That obstruction, AT&T contends, has hampered its ability to compete for local customers.
McCormick's chairman, Raymond Lawless, said the settlement "will not impair our ability to compete for business in the future".
He subjected these corporate titans to often coruscating questions about their ability to "compete for the future".
"This plan will irreparably damage Google's brand and its ability to compete for talent," the letter says.
"This will increase Qantas's ability to compete for capital and to form strategic partnerships in an increasingly globalized industry," the transport minister, Anthony Albanese, said.
"The larger size will improve Petrofund's financing ability and its ability to compete for future acquisitions," Chris Dutcher, Petrofund's director of business development, said.
"It is clear that this decision could put the country's ability to compete for these high-value contracts at a serious disadvantage," the letter states.
The Knicks have only a $2.5 million cap exception to use, limiting their ability to compete for the top free agents.
More suggestions(16)
determination to compete for
talent to compete for
abilities to compete for
opportunities to compete for
capable to compete for
ability to wait for
ability to choose for
ability to provide for
ability to live for
ability to pay for
ability to borrow for
ability to apologise for
ability to agitate for
ability to qualify for
ability to save for
ability to design for
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