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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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Over time, he said, more U.S.-produced ethane likely will be exported, eroding the advantage now enjoyed by American plastic makers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Yeboah bettered that in the 67th minute, taking advantage of another defensive breakdown to poke a pass from Tomás Chancalay at the left post by Marcinkowski.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

That they take advantage of the medical system is another myth.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has appeared to suggest that there could be a tactical advantage to the apparent fluidity.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She was taking advantage of Charlotte’s one great weakness.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti