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The phrase "competing theories" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to multiple theories that are presented as explanations for a phenomenon or to describe two or more theories which oppose one another. For example, "In this study, we explore two competing theories for why our study population exhibits certain behaviors."
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So we are left with two competing theories.
Competing theories have included climate, geography, culture and bad policies.
Many competing theories about why the inhabitants left.
But there are competing theories about Mr Xi's motives.
There are competing theories about just whom this might favor.
There were multiple competing theories about how the leaked list emerged and who drew it up.
Astronomers are unsure how this remote cloud of objects formed, but there are three competing theories.
That led to competing theories in a welter of media reports.
There are two competing theories to explain how the peripatids got to South-East Asia.
Broadly speaking, there are two competing theories, one cultural and the other economic.
At the core of that debate lie competing theories about what disadvantaged students need most.
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