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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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"At least I know how to swim," he told AFP, an advantage over many of the others aboard the boat.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Wyatt-Hodge has made 29 and five since returning after the birth of her first child but has the advantage of holding the experience of 179 internationals.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The AI hedge-funds’ advantage began to decline as more and more hedge funds adopted the technology.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The bear in me worries that all this equity raising is also about taking advantage of record stock prices—and could be a sign that a top is near.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I was taking advantage of catching her off guard, but I didn’t know what else to do.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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