vantage point
noun
: a position or standpoint from which something is viewed or considered
especially
: point of view
Examples of vantage point in a Sentence
You can see the whole valley from this vantage point.
From our vantage point in the 21st century, it is difficult to imagine life without computers.
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From his vantage point, Loverro said NASA’s decision to use Starship as the lunar lander for the Artemis III mission was made in error.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
From his vantage point in the dugout Tuesday, Chisholm thought Judge’s home run was going to fly over the foul pole and the umpires were going to make the wrong call.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
From his vantage point in the dugout Tuesday, Chisholm thought Judge’s home run was going to fly over the foul pole and the umpires were going to make the wrong call.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vantage point
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“Vantage point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage%20point. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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