vantage point

noun

Definition of vantage pointnext
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 One hundred and forty thousand tiles made up of stainless steel dichroic materials change colors depending on your vantage point, mimicking the galaxy’s infinite stars. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025 Montmorency Falls, a roughly 15-minute drive east of Quebec, is a 272-foot-tall waterfall with several vantage points, including an observation deck and a suspension bridge. — Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The best time to view auroral activity is between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, according to NOAA. — Ty Roush, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 As has become tradition in Philly sports celebrations, there were fans climbing lampposts and trees in an attempt to get a better vantage point to see their favorite players. — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vantage point
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  1. perspective
  2. viewpoint
  3. outlook
Noun
  • Told through the perspective of three clinic escort leaders in Ohio, North Carolina and Maryland, this film investigates the struggle to maintain safety and battle mental exhaustion on the front lines of America’s longest culture war.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Their perspective is likely to land once again in front of the high court in the wake of the new lawsuits surrounding firings of independent agency heads and mass firings of other federal workers.
    — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of perspective
Noun
  • The adaptive leader integrates I (self), we (others) and it (task and purpose) viewpoints.
    — Hylke Faber, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Here, the government is forbidden from engaging in viewpoint discrimination, banned from imposing blasphemy restrictions, and prohibited from banning undesirable political parties.
    — The Editors, National Review, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of viewpoint
Noun
  • Several cold, wet storms are expected to dramatically flip the forecast by the weekend, pulling the Southland back into the throes of winter, with below-average temperatures likely to linger into mid-March, according to the national Climate Prediction Center’s latest outlooks.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For its 2025 outlook, Nexi is forecasting low to mid-single-digit revenue growth year-on-year, and at least 50 basis-point expansion of its Ebitda margin.
    — Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya,Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of outlook

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