as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
who started the argument apparently depends on your vantage point
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Recent Examples of vantage point
Some partygoers, eager to secure good vantage points, arrived nearly 20 hours ahead.
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Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The novelist is interested in congress: Friends reunite, families meet up, exes come together, and there’s something to be seen from each character’s vantage point.
—Claire Luchette, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
This vantage point enabled its instruments, including the JunoCam, to capture detailed images of Jupiter’s swirling storms and intricate cloud bands.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
There is hardly a vantage point in the city from which flames or plumes of smoke are not visible, nowhere the scent of burning memories can’t reach.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The novelist is interested in congress: Friends reunite, families meet up, exes come together, and there’s something to be seen from each character’s vantage point.
—Claire Luchette, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
This vantage point enabled its instruments, including the JunoCam, to capture detailed images of Jupiter’s swirling storms and intricate cloud bands.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
There is hardly a vantage point in the city from which flames or plumes of smoke are not visible, nowhere the scent of burning memories can’t reach.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for vantage point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vantage point
Noun
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The suggestion was sound advice from a privacy perspective, but was very surprising given the US Justice Department's historic opposition to the use of end-to-end encryption.—
Lily Hay Newman,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2025
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Sure, space is needed for potential growth, but operating at less than 80% capacity isn’t economical from a facilities management perspective or from an educational perspective.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The two sides have irreconcilable viewpoints, raising questions about whether the mediators who brokered the agreement will be able to get both sides to positions that allow the pause to become permanent.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Jan. 2025
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There are a lot of dissenting viewpoints, even though Congress, President Biden, and now the Supreme Court have all mandated that the app should be banned.—
John Brandon,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In this instance, policies implemented during Donald Trump’s former presidency and the potential for their return with his re-election will have implications for the outlook of this demographic.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The longer-term outlook suggests that, on the heels of this storm, there could be more weeks of dry weather.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Vantage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vantage%20point. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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