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Characterized by striving to excel among others in accomplishment or quality.

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  • More than 19,580 emulative units are now designated as Moncadista Centers.
  • But has Canada always been emulative of the Americans in political dysfunction?
  • The same bitter emulative spirit which had impelled him in football drove him to success in his study of the law.
  • But most often it is emulative: Where do you get ideas for best-selling fantasy trilogies, and where can I get me some?
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