at an advantage
idiom
: in a better position to succeed
The union should be at an advantage in the negotiations.
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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.
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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
Stella pointed out that on a circuit like Spa, the car behind is at an advantage due to the long stretch that offers opponents a good enough slipstream.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
As a slow drip of oxygen filtered into the atmosphere and sea, any life-form that could handle an occasional brush with the new, poisonous gas — or even use it to its energetic benefit — may have been at an advantage.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 23 July 2025
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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
Stella pointed out that on a circuit like Spa, the car behind is at an advantage due to the long stretch that offers opponents a good enough slipstream.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
As a slow drip of oxygen filtered into the atmosphere and sea, any life-form that could handle an occasional brush with the new, poisonous gas — or even use it to its energetic benefit — may have been at an advantage.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 23 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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