the high ground
noun
: a position in which one has an advantage over others
They claim to have the (intellectual) high ground in this debate.
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The story of communications of the last two decades has been of constant change, and of nobody controlling the high ground for long.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
This is not the time for stagnation as China looks to overtake America’s lead in the high ground of space.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Firms that fail to shine light on their dark data risk ceding the high ground in insights and inviting risk exposures lurking in unindexed archives.
—Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Speaker Johnson is giving the high ground to the Democrats by discouraging Thomas Massie's petition.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But the high ground of space offers notable benefits.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Pakistan dispatched around 4,500 soldiers posing as local rebels to seize the high ground, which Indian personnel had vacated for the winter to avoid the extreme weather conditions.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
Although her legal team was unable to stop the sale, Swift won the high ground in the court of public opinion by arguing that such an action was morally wrong.
—Time, 5 June 2025
Indeed, as The Wall Street Journal argued, this would cede the high ground and play into the hands of progressive activists, who will never be satisfied with incremental hikes in tax rates for wealthy Americans.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
This is not the time for stagnation as China looks to overtake America’s lead in the high ground of space.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Firms that fail to shine light on their dark data risk ceding the high ground in insights and inviting risk exposures lurking in unindexed archives.
—Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Speaker Johnson is giving the high ground to the Democrats by discouraging Thomas Massie's petition.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But the high ground of space offers notable benefits.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Pakistan dispatched around 4,500 soldiers posing as local rebels to seize the high ground, which Indian personnel had vacated for the winter to avoid the extreme weather conditions.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
Although her legal team was unable to stop the sale, Swift won the high ground in the court of public opinion by arguing that such an action was morally wrong.
—Time, 5 June 2025
Indeed, as The Wall Street Journal argued, this would cede the high ground and play into the hands of progressive activists, who will never be satisfied with incremental hikes in tax rates for wealthy Americans.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
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