taking advantage of

Example Sentences

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“Data centers are taking advantage of it… They saw an opportunity.”

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

I feel like I’ve wasted so much money, and I think he’s taking advantage of me.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Anadol Studio’s active creative partnership with Google deepened after Refik’s own more recent stays in the Sacred Village, taking advantage of what Neven characterizes as “the ethnobotanical knowledge that Indigenous tribes still possess.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Rubio said he was taking advantage of a one-day break in his schedule before a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday of the Quad -- Australia, India, Japan and the United States.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Alex was sitting on the living room sofa, taking advantage of unexpected electricity on a Sunday afternoon to illuminate his Latin textbook.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer