The phrase "heightened competition from" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where competition has become more intense or fierce. Example: The company was facing heightened competition from new players in the market, forcing them to drastically lower their prices to remain competitive.
But Italy's grinding economic crisis, rising fuel costs and heightened competition from more nimble low-cost rivals have largely overwhelmed the carrier's turnaround efforts.
Its results have weakened as the company faces significant declines in traffic, heightened competition from its rival, Best Buy, and others and a weakened brand position.
The introduction of +1 and the F.T.C. charges highlight two of Google's biggest challenges: heightened competition from Facebook, and near-constant criticism from privacy advocates and policy makers over its practices.
PARIS — The parent company of Iberia, Spain's money-losing air carrier, warned Friday that a deepening recession there and heightened competition from low-cost airlines had placed it in a "fight for survival".
Virtualization technology itself is also maturing, as the dominant player, VMware of Palo Alto, Calif., prepares for heightened competition from big names in the tech world, including Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Citrix Systems.
The logic of the merger follows a now familiar pattern: Many banks, stuck in an industry with little revenue growth and heightened competition from brokerage firms, mutual funds and credit card companies, see size as a solution to their woes.
A RECORD number of drug patents will expire over the next few years, which should heighten competition from generic drugs and force down prices.
There's also heightening competition from Tesla Motors, which recently began taking pre-orders for its most affordable vehicle yet from several Chinese automakers and potentially iPhone-maker Apple Inc. Automakers' traditional rivals worldwide are making similar multi-million dollar technology investments in companies developing digital maps and apps for purchasing or renting cars.
Large-scale irrigation projects along the Sénégal River that date from the 1980s have greatly heightened competition for agricultural lands in that region, known as the Chemama.
And it is this hydrological interdependence that has the potential to transmit heightened competition for water across frontiers.
As with Ivory Coast, forestalled and unresolved successions often invite ethnic polarization and heightened competition along other identity lines, from geographic to religious to linguistic.
