high ground

noun

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the more favorable condition or position in a competition one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war

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Recent Examples of high ground Now, Hollywood has an opportunity to follow in Warner's footsteps and take a moral high ground. — Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 Critically, Israel established strategic control over the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, a strategic high ground at the base of the Anti-Lebanon mountains that was part of the lands of the Tribe of Manasseh in Ancient Israel. — Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025 The Spanish government sent emergency alerts on Tuesday asking people to stay indoors or seek high ground. — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Elevate and rattle from high ground, or a tree stand or tripod, to spot more bucks. — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for high ground
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  1. advantage
  2. edge
  3. upper hand
Noun
  • Gemini is then able to engage in conversation about the advantages of potential options.
    — Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Here, the compact yet powerful bruiser’s professional training and quick thinking give him the advantage over bigger and better-armed adversaries, turning anything, from a bucket of nails to a stray sledgehammer, into a deadly weapon.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of advantage
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  • Underlying these advances are robust AI infrastructures, such as Stargate and the AI RAN Alliance, which enhance edge computing capabilities.
    — Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In addition, the Pentagon's future stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, will have many of the same cutting edge technologies in advanced materials, AI, propulsion and stealth.
    — TARA COPP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of edge
Noun
  • Firefighters on Sunday began to gain an upper hand on more than 170 wildfires in North and South Carolina that had prompted evacuations, officials said.
    — Amy Graff, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — Ailing and unable to gain an upper hand on Vanderbilt, No. 6 Florida turned to a 20-year-old sophomore from Slovenia to scratch out a critical SEC win.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
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