Brooks said this desire to be different, to out-compete everyone else, severs the striver’s core relationships, instead feeding into the philosophy of “more, more, more.”

Source: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/11/author-arthur-brooks-speaks-on-key-to-happiness/

If the minimal bacteria could optimise themselves for the condition, they would out-compete the others that were suboptimal.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/synthetic-biology-minimal-genome-natural-adaptation/article67082934.ece

The killer shrimp, which preys on other shrimps, damsel flies and aquatic insects, can out-compete rivals for food, causing devastating impacts.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/23394210.experts-warn-freshwater-killer-shrimps-heading-scotland/?ref=rss