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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Recent Examples of high ground
Only then will those who still retain power over him have the ethical high ground and democratic consent to remove him.
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Shaun Richman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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
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Shaun Richman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high ground
Noun
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Gemini is then able to engage in conversation about the advantages of potential options.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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