Its only close competitor, America Online, which the fund also holds, is pursuing a very different business model, he said.

The great man gave me a cool, dismissive look and said, "Well, first of all, we don't have any close competitors.

A consortium agreement defines how these close competitors will work together.

Moody's and its close competitors were subject to criticism following large downgrade actions beginning in July 2007.

As a draft animal, it is a close competitor to the ox.

The two schools have been very close competitors in almost every sport they have to offer.

This was an instance of cooperation between close competitors, the ideal of how science is meant to work.

But having such a close competitor does not seem to have harmed Maritime.

Canny shoppers may therefore want to compare the mentioned models with close competitors before making their own choice.

They are close competitors and form a competitive grouping.