upper hand
Example Sentences
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And, it keeps barriers up to give corporations the upper hand in the industry.
From Salon
“As soon as they think they have the upper hand, they’ll tell us to go away.”
Both OpenAI and Anthropic have been bleeding money, losing billions of dollars annually as they race for the upper hand in the fast-growing artificial-intelligence field.
From MarketWatch
That gave existing exporters the upper hand: Exporters know that U.S. importers can’t easily find alternative suppliers, “so they face less competitive pressure to cut prices.”
From Los Angeles Times
Still, it made the action utterly compelling and, as usual, Australia ended with the upper hand.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.