at an advantage
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Seminal roots give the seedlings an initial advantage under optimal conditions: They enable them to absorb large amounts of nutrients from the soil very rapidly.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
You would start the pursuit 10 seconds earlier than them, and the rest of the pursuit is them, well, pursuing you based on that initial advantage.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2022
New Zealand was able to hang in throughout the race but, in a consistent breeze, it wasn’t able to overcome Luna Rossa’s initial advantage..
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2021
While students may be at an initial advantage by starting kindergarten at an older age, there are studies that show the opposite: that starting younger may be more of an asset in the long run.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2019
Thus, geographic connectedness and only modest internal barriers gave China an initial advantage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
