high ground
noun
: a position of advantage or superiority
especially
: an ethically superior position
took the moral high ground during the debate
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Examples of high ground in a Sentence
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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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20ground. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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