advantage
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Frequent fliers, on the other hand, can easily take full advantage of the premium-card perks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In Tunick's case, "law enforcement seemingly took advantage of the relaxed constitutional protections at the border to try to dig up evidence" against him, his lawyers said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Kikai's underwater location might seem like an obstacle, but it gave the research team an important advantage.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ellis: The biggest advantage anyone has is time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Madison observed the buying frenzy and complained that unscrupulous speculators “are still exploring the interior & distant parts of the Union in order to take advantage of the holders.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Hugh Lennox Bond said the advantages of habeas are that it is swift and cheap, and I think that is what enabled a lot of the legal success in the District of Minnesota.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
They appear to have understood that elephant bone offered advantages over more widely available animal bones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Were she to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, Kamala Harris would enter the race with formidable advantages.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Over the next five to 10 years, XPeng aims not only to become a global player, but also a company with technological advantages and a sustainable business model, He said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Only the further evidence that I’ll now present can help us answer two more questions: What advantages enabled the Bantu to displace the Pygmies and Khoisan?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"The size of the gap between the educational outcomes of children from more and less advantaged backgrounds is a scourge on our society," Julie McCulloch, chief executive of the EPI said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods views BDC issues as liquidity-driven, seeing listed BDCs as structurally advantaged and a potential buying opportunity.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The Spring, Texas, company said its advantaged assets are central to its new guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
We lived well, our days were mostly sunny, and I know that my parents were stoically undeceived by the objectively equivocal, contingent nature of the advantaged life they gave me and my siblings.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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“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
“Increased emphasis on these elements, we found, has the effect of advantaging the advantaged.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
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
But, surprisingly enough, she proved of two minds about advantaging herself of the opportunity.
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
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