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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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But there is another advantage to the fact that Fox Hedge isn’t a CLO: If it were, Athene would soon have to start holding twice as much money in reserves for that particular instrument.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The findings add to the debate over where classical computing ends and quantum advantage begins.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

The loopholes have been glaring at the Ram temple, with the accused reportedly taking advantage of weak counting processes and surveillance lapses.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

After Savea doubled New Zealand's advantage, Jacobson was sin-binned when his shoulder caught Van der Flier's head at a ruck, with the Chiefs flanker fortunate to avoid a 20-minute red following a review.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

On his forty-first move Spassky decided to adjourn the game: This would enable him to take advantage of overnight analysis.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Panama announced on Monday an agreement with China to renew a maritime shipping treaty that grants advantages to Panamanian ships in Chinese ports.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Even so, Koontz is more bullish about the company’s revenue potential in near-packaged optics designs, which have lower development risk but “a large portion of the advantages of” co-packaged optics.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Experts said that while an AI system could conceivably offer some advantages over humans, its accuracy would ultimately depend on the quality and quantity of signatures available for comparison.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Unfortunately, the more you hold of your biggest winners, the less likely you are to be able to benefit fully from the tax advantages of a 351 exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

One of the advantages of being a good listener is that you learn a great deal about how the world works.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

"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

“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

Still, the analysts continue to view Coupang as structurally advantaged in the local e-commerce market, citing limited direct competition from rivals and the high costs of customers switching to other online retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

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

But, surprisingly enough, she proved of two minds about advantaging herself of the opportunity.

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.




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