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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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The kitchen and dining areas also take advantage of the property’s elevated position, offering views of the water.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

At a time when studios are in a fierce competition for consumers’ attention, Disney is trying to lean into its biggest advantage — its massive and unique fan base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

It’s an enormous advantage not to be on the stock exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

He said the looters were taking advantage of the demonstrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“We are. We took advantage of her state of mind,” Juanita concluded, biting her lip nervously.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Kay, who has DJ'd across the country and produced music over the past 30 years, said there were advantages to being on the decks during the day.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"Every method has its advantages and disadvantages, and we believe in a complementary implementation in the future," Kueppers said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

These trials should help establish these drugs’ advantages when compared with existing therapies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Spectrum is looking for a new CMO and eliminating the position of chief commercial officer, saying it failed to turn its advantages into a winning strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Among the Exosuit’s many advantages is that it can operate efficiently between two hundred and five hundred feet below the surface.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Counterintuitively, Ross said, smaller independent grocers are actually advantaged in the short term, as smaller stores tend to play in more localized markets than their major chain competitors.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Sun Belt states are experiencing markets with the most advantaged buyers, while markets in the Northeast and Midwest frequently remain advantaged toward sellers.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

“Cava continues to be an economically advantaged business model with high-potential for full national penetration,” wrote Ivankoe, noting that while near-term results are difficult to predict, the outlook is better than previously anticipated.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

LA28 chief Allison Katz-Mayfield called the random ticket-drawing process "the fairest way to ensure that the broadest number of people can get access to tickets and that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged".

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

I wanted students more aware of their differences from persons less advantaged.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

“We urgently need a smart export-control strategy that applies robust export controls to deny our adversaries access to advanced technology, while advantaging U.S. companies,” McGuire wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026

The administration wants to gain visibility into frontier capabilities without slowing American labs and advantaging China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Further advantaging them might hamstring the promising open-source A.I. movement—a crucial area of competition—to the point of obsolescence.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2023

Smith agreed, pointing out laws advantaging employers at the expense of workers when it came to organizing into early forms of unions.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2019

It is self-love: worshipping thyself, comforting thyself, advantaging thyself, and regarding all others as either toys or slaves for that great idol, thyself.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin


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