1
: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
2
: superiority in a contest
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the vantage had all been ours for the first half of the contest
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
From the White House’s vantage, this was cause for celebration, not alarm.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ever have the chance to see from the vantage of 250 miles in orbit.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Farmers were up their windmills and atop their barns and in other spots of vantage, scouting for Timble.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
From the White House’s vantage, this was cause for celebration, not alarm.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ever have the chance to see from the vantage of 250 miles in orbit.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Farmers were up their windmills and atop their barns and in other spots of vantage, scouting for Timble.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for vantage
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“Vantage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vantage. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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vantage
noun
van·tage
ˈvant-ij 
: a position giving advantage or a wide view
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