at an advantage
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: in a better position to succeed
The union should be at an advantage in the negotiations.
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This puts First Solar and Nextracker at an advantage due to their domestic manufacturing footprints, the UBS analysts said.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
When there is a schism in trade relations, the deficit country [is] at an advantage.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
With India still facing 25 percent tariffs, down only by 1 percent from the earlier announcement of 26 percent – the rest of the region appears to be at an advantage.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
There was already plenty of evidence for the effect of music on memory, but now a new study found another way in which musicians are at an advantage.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
When there is a schism in trade relations, the deficit country [is] at an advantage.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
With India still facing 25 percent tariffs, down only by 1 percent from the earlier announcement of 26 percent – the rest of the region appears to be at an advantage.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
There was already plenty of evidence for the effect of music on memory, but now a new study found another way in which musicians are at an advantage.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“At an advantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20an%20advantage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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