high ground
noun
: a position of advantage or superiority
especially
: an ethically superior position
took the moral high ground during the debate
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Examples of high ground in a Sentence
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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And for people who are still in the path of disaster, Hecht said, pay them to move to high ground.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024
Some cooked food on charcoal grills or hiked to high ground in the hopes of finding a signal to call loved ones.
—Erik Verduzco and Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Timmy Futch of the Big Bend community of Horseshoe Beach stayed put for the hurricane, only driving to high ground when the water reached his house.
—Stephen Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Not to suggest that those for whom social responsibility is second nature occupy some innate moral high ground—rather, a natural response to adversity.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 31 Aug. 2024
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Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024
Some cooked food on charcoal grills or hiked to high ground in the hopes of finding a signal to call loved ones.
—Erik Verduzco and Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Timmy Futch of the Big Bend community of Horseshoe Beach stayed put for the hurricane, only driving to high ground when the water reached his house.
—Stephen Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Not to suggest that those for whom social responsibility is second nature occupy some innate moral high ground—rather, a natural response to adversity.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 31 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for high ground
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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20ground. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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