high ground
noun
: a position of advantage or superiority
especially
: an ethically superior position
took the moral high ground during the debate
Synonyms
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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Move the car out of traffic and stop, avoiding trees, light posts, signs and powerlines or anything that could fall, like bridges or underpasses.
Mountains: Watch out for potential landslides and get to high ground.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
End of carousel Berlin, by contrast, has no interest in claiming any moral high ground (and no ability to claim it).
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
Going in further, Lourd was incredulous that Emanuel would try to take high ground on issues involving women.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
On that Monday in January, staff in schools from Coronado to Spring Valley became first responders, moving quickly to rescue students from fast-rising floodwaters by evacuating them to high ground.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Darlene Crawford, a Seldovia Village Tribe elder, remembers holding the cupboards shut as her house shook around her, seemingly for an eternity, then herding her four young children up a hill to high ground on that cold March evening.
—Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2023
What was once high ground suddenly wasn’t; infrastructure critical to drainage had in some cases shifted; water flowed in unexpected ways.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
The Zaporizhzhia region is largely composed of flat, open fields, and the Russians had chosen what high ground there was to build key defenses.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
Sirens signal natural disasters and potential threats Indeed, the system is meant to send residents to high ground in the event of a tsunami, according to the county website, mauisirens.com.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
End of carousel Berlin, by contrast, has no interest in claiming any moral high ground (and no ability to claim it).
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
Going in further, Lourd was incredulous that Emanuel would try to take high ground on issues involving women.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
On that Monday in January, staff in schools from Coronado to Spring Valley became first responders, moving quickly to rescue students from fast-rising floodwaters by evacuating them to high ground.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Darlene Crawford, a Seldovia Village Tribe elder, remembers holding the cupboards shut as her house shook around her, seemingly for an eternity, then herding her four young children up a hill to high ground on that cold March evening.
—Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2023
What was once high ground suddenly wasn’t; infrastructure critical to drainage had in some cases shifted; water flowed in unexpected ways.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
The Zaporizhzhia region is largely composed of flat, open fields, and the Russians had chosen what high ground there was to build key defenses.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
Sirens signal natural disasters and potential threats Indeed, the system is meant to send residents to high ground in the event of a tsunami, according to the county website, mauisirens.com.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20ground. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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