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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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Among oil services companies, he likes SLB, whose scale and international exposure would give it an advantage.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

If a household still hasn’t determined the best ways to use the new tax laws to their advantage, that may be a reason to file for an extension to get it right.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“What happens now depends on what campaigns do to take advantage of this,” said Andrew Acosta, a Democratic political consultant who is not involved in any of the campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Instead, they know defeat will cut their advantage to four, with a queue of clubs desperate to take advantage of any weakness.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The other advantage was their quixotic approach to financial markets: They were consciously looking for long shots.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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