Sentence examples for be a direct competitor from inspiring English sources
In late July, Facebook launched the beta version of Questions, a question-and-answer product that seems to be a direct competitor of Quora.
Rubin said Twitter had been very supportive of Meerkat, despite the app appearing to be a direct competitor to Periscope, a live-streaming app recently acquired by Twitter.
While many technology analysts and bloggers noted that Knol appeared to be a direct competitor to Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, that site's founder, shrugged off the potential challenge.
"If we were going to be a direct competitor to theaters," she added, "we'd sell all day-of performances at full price.
Ryan Mickle, one of the founders of Yardsale, said that while the company did not consider itself to be a direct competitor to Craigslist, he thought it could be a healthy alternative.
Asked if his brother's academy would be a direct competitor to the national association, Patrick McEnroe said: "It's a totally different situation, in a sense that the kids who come to our programs don't pay a dime.
Seeing as Silverlight was a direct competitor to Flash, it is suddenly left not looking too clever.
Ms. Povich, in fact, used to sell her lobsters to Mr. Sargent, even though he was a direct competitor.
The blog TVNewser reported last week that Mr. King's separation agreement with CNN allows him to join another network unless it is a direct competitor.
