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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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They describe his negotiating style as patient, respectful and empathetic, even as he presses for maximum advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal

The document asks: “Is there some public interest utility if people with an asymmetric information advantage on a particular event contract are able to trade on prediction markets?”

From Barron's

Dubai in particular retains numerous advantages, including low taxes that are likely to keep attracting residents, and it emerged stronger from previous crises.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, as his gait got worse, his darts got even better - and it seems possible that his way of dealing with the pain in his ankle backstage ended up being an advantage.

From BBC

“I almost feel bad taking advantage of them,” Ben Barker wrote.

From Salon