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

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

“What had been an advantage for this group throughout its history is now gone,” says Max Gumport of BNP Paribas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 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

Springboks took advantage of the alterations when another loose kick was worked to wing Williams who sprinted away for the bonus-point try.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Grandpa said, “You have to let animals know who the boss is, or they’ll take advantage of you.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

While it is a big transition for workers used to navigating the depths of coal basins, instructor Michal Rak says the miners have valuable advantages.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 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

Although the recovery method sounds futuristic, the researchers argue it offers important advantages.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

If you got sick, you might assume someone—even a friend—was jealous of your advantages and had put a curse on you.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

"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

Counterintuitively, Ross said, smaller independent grocers are actually advantaged in the short term, as smaller stores tend to play in more localized markets than their major chain competitors.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

The Spring, Texas, company said its advantaged assets are central to its new guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

Health savings accounts are triple-tax advantaged accounts: money is contributed tax free, grows tax free, and can be withdrawn tax-free now or in retirement to pay for qualified medical expenses.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 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

“Increased emphasis on these elements, we found, has the effect of advantaging the advantaged.”

From New York Times Feb. 22, 2024

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

It is self-love: worshipping thyself, comforting thyself, advantaging thyself, and regarding all others as either toys or slaves for that great idol, thyself.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)




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