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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 pricing advantage that fast casual has relative to other segments has eroded significantly” said Aneurin Canham-Clyne, who covers restaurants for the trade publication Restaurant Dive.

From Los Angeles Times

He suggests investors take advantage of modest pullbacks to increase exposure to these until recently unloved areas of the market.

From Barron's

Energy security has become a “competitive advantage” for the United States, said Thummel.

From MarketWatch

Her coverage explores how corporations attempt to take advantage of the bankruptcy system for their survival.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was the moment the United States lost what could have been one of its greatest advantages: a rich mosaic of multi-generational heritage language speakers.

From Salon