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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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They should evaluate long-term costs—including support, upgrades, and data migration—for which open-source tools often have a significant advantage over proprietary alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tickner acknowledges that school holidays are "certainly an advantage when it comes to childcare", but says work in term-time can get so intense "you need the holiday time to reset".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The selloff eased off early this week, and some analysts think investors have taken advantage of cheap entry points after an overreaction to Mythos.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

And while Intel would prefer PC demand to be just as strong, the company may be able to take advantage of weakness in that category.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

On his forty-first move Spassky decided to adjourn the game: This would enable him to take advantage of overnight analysis.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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