vantage point

noun

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of vantage point

: a position or standpoint from which something is viewed or considered; especially : point of view

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Examples of vantage point in a Sentence

You can see the whole valley from this vantage point.
From our vantage point in the 21st century, it is difficult to imagine life without computers.

Recent Examples of vantage point from the Web

Such an approach, and the resulting film, is a manifestation of the unique vantage point Berlanti brings to projects as a gay man.

— tre'vell anderson, latimes.com, "What Hollywood can gain by placing the 'queer gaze' in the spotlight," 16 Mar. 2018
How, then, does that past appear from the vantage point of our own moment?

— doreen st. félix, The New Yorker, "Why Jewish History Is So Hard to Write," 14 Mar. 2018
Adults could watch from the vantage point of public property.

— suzanne baker, Naperville Sun, "Naperville students remember shooting victims, call for gun reform during national school walkout," 14 Mar. 2018
Two videographers from Baltmore TV stations set up across Carrs Mill Road from the driveway entrance, but left around 10:07 to check out other vantage points.

— erika butler, The Aegis, "Havre de Grace, John Carroll students walk out to honor Florida shooting victims," 14 Mar. 2018
The outdoor lounge, with its wicker pendants and striped banquettes, is now the perfect vantage point for watching watercolor sunsets.

— booth moore, ELLE Decor, "Tour Kathryn M. Ireland’s Santa Monica Home That's Big On Bohemian Decor," 6 Mar. 2018
From Priests' vantage point, this arresting debut album was endlessly delayed, stymied for months by frustrations both creative and financial.

— zach schonfeld, Newsweek, "The 17 Best Albums of 2017: Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Other Favorites," 22 Dec. 2017
While the video at first captures a handful of penguins from a low vantage point, one bird soon waddles over to the camera and – with a single impressive kick – angles the screen to focus only on its face.

— author: amy b wang, Anchorage Daily News, "These penguins found a camera in Antarctica and captured a surprisingly good ‘selfie’," 9 Mar. 2018
From his vantage point in a car a few dozen feet in front of a 20,000-pound big rig barreling along a Florida highway without anyone behind its wheel, Stefan Seltz-Axmacher felt like everything was going according to plan.

— pete bigelow, Car and Driver, "Self-Driving Truck Loses Its Remote Connection, But Not Its Shot at Milestone Achievement," 8 Mar. 2018

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