as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
the vantage had all been ours for the first half of the contest
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Recent Examples of vantage
Books like Geraldine Brooks’ March or Sandra Newman’s Julia re-tell a story from the vantage of an NPC.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
From that vantage, the astronauts should be ble to see Earth and the moon from Integrity's windows – with our planet nearly a quarter-million miles away, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The clip showed a series of aerial strikes, each filmed from the vantage of a combat drone.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Fifty-one years ago, then-Governor Jimmy Carter likely took in this same vantage on his way to paddle the Flint.
—David Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
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From roster makeup to individual position battles to the coaches looking to exploit any advantage on the field, every bit of film is scrutinized to see which team has the advantage in January.—
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Despite being given three power plays in the first, the B’s were not good at all on the man advantage.—
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Rye whiskey is the drier and spicier cousin of bourbon with an herbaceous edge, an edge which (as with the Sazerac, La Louisiane and others) is given a few dozen exclamation points with a dash of absinthe.—
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Cake mix, lemon pie filling, and butter come together in the oven to create crisp edges and a gooey, citrusy center, while a little cream cheese in the mix rounds out the lemon’s brightness.—
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vantage. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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