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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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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

By financing improvements through C-PACE programs, Clearwater is taking advantage of a niche business in an increasingly crowded market, where more property owners are turning to private nonbank lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He also was drawn to another figure — an increase in the number of families taking advantage of transitional kindergarten, which became fully available across the state to 4-year-olds for the current school year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Even if a driver wants to take advantage of this discount, it still may not be possible for them to make, say, a 30-minute trip to save $5, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

In October 1917 the radical Bolshevik Party took advantage of people’s anger over World War I and overthrew the Provisional Government.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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