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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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Russia’s huge size—historically an advantage in defending the country—is now working against it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

“Those two things should even out,” Luria said, adding that he sees an advantage in having more comparables in the market rather than fewer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Hearn says neither Matchroom nor Warren's Queensberry can act as lead promoter because it would give one fighter's side an advantage over the other.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

"What we didn't expect was how viruses can also take advantage of this process and cause infection by hiding in F-ApoEVs."

From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026

The third showed Tiamat taking advantage of the open door to escape from his room.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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