Examples of archrival in a Sentence
In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.
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And the scaling is accelerating: General Catalyst, along with archrival Andreessen Horowitz, claimed around 20 cents of every dollar invested with U.S. VCs last year, according to Pitchbook data.
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The back-and-forth contest represented a culminating moment, not only for the Yankees’ longtime coach — claiming the City Section Open Division girls’ basketball title by knocking off archrival Westchester 63-52 — but for the girls’ basketball program.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Although Maryland men’s basketball and Duke no longer compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Terps were one-upped by their former archrival Friday afternoon.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
Standing in their way are the archrival and defending champion Boston Celtics, looking galvanized after Wednesday’s Game 5 win.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The back-and-forth contest represented a culminating moment, not only for the Yankees’ longtime coach — claiming the City Section Open Division girls’ basketball title by knocking off archrival Westchester 63-52 — but for the girls’ basketball program.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Although Maryland men’s basketball and Duke no longer compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Terps were one-upped by their former archrival Friday afternoon.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
Standing in their way are the archrival and defending champion Boston Celtics, looking galvanized after Wednesday’s Game 5 win.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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“Archrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archrival. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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archrival
noun
arch·ri·val
(ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 
: a principal rival
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