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Discover LudwigThe phrase "competition was fixed" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use it when you want to express that something (a competition, a game, etc.) was unfairly manipulated or set up in advance to give someone else an advantage over the other competitors. For example: "Dave suspected that the competition was fixed when the same person won the trophy for the third year in a row."
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If that competition was fixed, it has company.
Benjamin Hedin examines the theory that the 1962 National Book Award competition was fixed.
— Donald Trump, on claims by a former Miss Pennsylvania that Sunday's Miss USA competition was fixed "I just want those people who have never experienced this to understand how magical these horses are".
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The contour plot presented in Figure 6 describes the 95% confidence area of the degree and duration of the vaccine protection while the mixing and competition parameter were fixed (respectively 0.87 and 0.85).
The government restricted competition, and fares were fixed by the Civil Aviation Department (DAC), at a level designed to cover average industry costs, plus a 12% profit margin.
Since it is being manipulated to impede competition, the grace period needs to be fixed so that the production of generic drugs cannot be blocked by a single company that decides not to compete.
Since every procedure's price is fixed, there is no competition.
Sport is meaningless if it is fixed because it is, at its heart, all about competition.
Many suffered damage to their fields last year, but all were fixed in time and every club took part in competition.
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