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advantage

[ad-van-tij, -vahn-] / ædˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn- /


Usage

What are other ways to say advantage? Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.

Example Sentences

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That handed City a six-point advantage, which they retained into the winter break.

From BBC

"I tried to give myself as many birdie opportunities as I could," said Brown, who took advantage of the par-five 16th then rolled in putts of 25 feet and 44 feet at 17 and 18.

From Barron's

A spokesman for the Wasdale team said: "We avoid judging those we rescue but struggle to understand when the rescued take advantage of hospitality provided by our supporters in the valley."

From BBC

And U.S. startups have certainly taken advantage of Chinese open-weight models.

From MarketWatch

A Denver win wouldn’t be shocking, but New England has a slight advantage.

From Los Angeles Times