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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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These include imposing higher tariffs if investigations prove companies are selling goods at unfairly low prices or if there is state support that gives an unjust advantage to the manufacturers.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Repeatedly, in moments of advantage, we are told, the British command failed to “snap the trap shut.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

They won an important toss and rarely ceded the advantage of a 317-run opening stand between Tom Latham and Devon Conway.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

The Dodgers took full advantage of the Padres’ defensive mistakes to jump-start their offense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

He’s taken advantage of Mr. Stanley being distracted again, but what did he do?

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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