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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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But that historic advantage is now being challenged on a new frontier: artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Knicks coach Mike Brown, hardly a confrontationalist, wondered out loud about San Antonio’s 24-to-8 free throw advantage in the second half.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Billions of dollars have been spent on rail, he said, and “what’s missing is the density at rail stations. If you don’t take advantage of the transit stations, it’s just another lost opportunity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

To travel off-peak, she says, book two to eight months in advance: “Take advantage of that Goldilocks window.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

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

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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