advantage
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Example Sentences
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During the chaos, one group gained a lasting advantage and ultimately reshaped life on Earth: jawed vertebrates.
From Science Daily
The North Koreans’ physical advantage erodes over time, as top senior national teams eventually get populated with professionals training year-round.
Emilie Feldman, a management professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, said spinning off a business unit is more complicated than selling one, but can offer tax advantages.
David Widawsky, director of the World Resources Institute, called the move a “strategic blunder that gives away American advantage for nothing in return.”
From Los Angeles Times
Any small advantage, from the shape of new components to the companies in global supply chains, is a source of potential leverage.
From BBC
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