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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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It’s hard to ignore that U.S. oil refiners already have an advantage when it comes to their ability to refine the heavy crude that makes up most of Venezuela’s oil reserves.

From MarketWatch

International stocks can provide helpful diversification to those index funds, taking advantage of more attractive valuations than domestic equities.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We got the advantage, we scored a goal ruled out by fine margins of offside, that was the moment of the game, and a lot of incidents happened," Nuno said.

From Barron's

This design offers a key advantage over conventional hollow-core fibers, which can take months to fill with atomic vapor.

From Science Daily

“I decided to take advantage of it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times