arms race

noun

competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

arms race

noun

the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other(s)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of arms race¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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They had come from the US, which one expert describes as a "supermarket" feeding an arms race among gangs that have brought chaos to the Caribbean island nation.

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Not everyone will love this commercial take on the “Flamin’ Hot”/”Hot Ones” craze, an ever-increasing arms race of hot sauces and chip powders.

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His erratic and provocative behavior since he took office the second time has now raised the spectre of a new nuclear arms race.

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Burgum also told Bloomberg that the administration wants to undo the Biden administration’s “attack on U.S. energy” by cutting through red tape and empowering the nation to compete in an AI arms race against China.

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"Yes, it's an arms race, and they're getting extraordinary," says Clint Thompson, the news editor at the flight and travel website The Points Guy.

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