as in advantage
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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This is a key factor in protective planning: What structures have a line of sight to the protectee, especially if that also includes high ground, a window, or a rooftop.
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Rachel Clarke, CNN, 16 July 2024
The incumbent, once viewed as having a moral high ground, now faces calls to step aside and questions about whether his White House has concealed a diminished candidate.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
In fact, Xi has made seizing the nationalist high ground—in order to deny it to his opponents—a hallmark of his rule.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
Meanwhile, as Democratic electeds moved to the political high ground, the 45th president was having little of that.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
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Rachel Clarke, CNN, 16 July 2024
The incumbent, once viewed as having a moral high ground, now faces calls to step aside and questions about whether his White House has concealed a diminished candidate.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
In fact, Xi has made seizing the nationalist high ground—in order to deny it to his opponents—a hallmark of his rule.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
Meanwhile, as Democratic electeds moved to the political high ground, the 45th president was having little of that.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
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That’s one area where Valve has an advantage with the Steam Deck.Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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So even the geography is an advantage today in the global world and in this new world order which is happening, in terms of geoeconomics.Ayesha Javed, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
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Degradation can result from a variety of human activities ranging from logging to construction of roadways into intact forests, or development at the edges of tropical forests that chip away at the total area.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Use a sharp knife to slice off any uneven edges, and cut into 2-inch squares.Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Republicans led by former President Donald Trump still have an upper hand, largely because the GOP is still seen as the party with stronger free-market allegiances.Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Its products have been credited as key to Turkey gaining an upper hand in its fight against Kurdish militants.Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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