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as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
there's no question that that bicycle racer was significantly advantaged by a great set of genes
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Recent Examples of advantaged
Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
On the other hand, others believe that AI will exacerbate the problems faced by many of the world’s poorest and least advantaged, further funneling access to wealth and resources to the few.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
That is accelerating the destruction of wetlands, which serve as a critical barrier, and speeding up flooding across the coast, often with less advantaged communities most vulnerable.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The experience is starkly different at some of the district’s more advantaged schools, including its magnet programs open to high-performing students.
—Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
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Adjective
For much of the past century, its leaders have prided themselves on championing less advantaged people.
—Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
On the other hand, others believe that AI will exacerbate the problems faced by many of the world’s poorest and least advantaged, further funneling access to wealth and resources to the few.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
That is accelerating the destruction of wetlands, which serve as a critical barrier, and speeding up flooding across the coast, often with less advantaged communities most vulnerable.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The experience is starkly different at some of the district’s more advantaged schools, including its magnet programs open to high-performing students.
—Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for advantaged
Adjective
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Mainstream narrative movies tether you to stories with strategies and techniques that — much like the ghost here — gives you a close, privileged angle on what’s happening.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, closed-door meetings between administration officials and major Bitcoin miners ahead of these announcements further highlight the risk of information asymmetry, where privileged market participants could gain undue advantage.—
Alexandra Andhov,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Musk, worth some $435 billion as of Monday afternoon, has benefitted from a more than 70% expansion in Tesla’s share price since the November 5 presidential election.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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The comedian Jamie Loftus’s previous podcasts have ranged wildly in subject matter—Mensa meetings, Floridian spiritualists, the comic-strip character Cathy—but benefited equally from her attention to detail.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Following the birth of Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ daughter, Golden Raye, last Sunday, Randi Mahomes delighted fans with a post on Instagram following the blessed event.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Mills says he’s been very blessed to have made money in his career.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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All of this opened an opportunity for businesses and better-off Pakistanis to begin importing solar panels from China, which can pay for themselves in as little as two years and free their users from the expensive, unreliable grid.—
Noah Gordon,
Vox,
1 Dec. 2024
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Millennials are also better-off financially than boomers were at the same age.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
19 Oct. 2024
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“Advantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advantaged. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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