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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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The red card was to prove costly for him, and his team as the hosts made the most of their advantage.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Specialization based on comparative advantage promotes efficiency and economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Wedbush’s Reese noted that Netflix’s industry-low churn rate — the rate at which people cancel subscriptions — gives it a strong advantage among advertisers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The Lakers did enough at the end of the regular season to secure the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and home-court advantage in its first-round matchup with the Rockets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

He always took advantage of the master’s divisive culture to be anything but a team player.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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