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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.

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Even when the Knicks rallied in the second half, the Spurs still held a 20-point advantage with a little more than nine minutes left in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Meanwhile it also names, as an actual competitive advantage, “Grok’s deep integration with X,” the former Twitter.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

This will be close, but Mexico's home advantage gives them the edge.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"There's something stirring in the waters, and he sees that and he wants to take advantage of it," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Just as I finished my blubbering, I spotted Samir taking advantage of the distraction to switch the drinks in front of him and the ablutionist.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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