as in benefited
to provide with something useful or desirable
there's no question that that bicycle racer was significantly advantaged by a great set of genes
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Recent Examples of advantaged
Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Optimize your tax strategy by maximizing contributions to tax-advantaged accounts like 401(k)s, IRAs, and HSAs.
—Dean Shahan, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2025
Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Tax-advantaged equity, real estate, multi-sector, covered call and preferred funds are the best performing sectors.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Optimize your tax strategy by maximizing contributions to tax-advantaged accounts like 401(k)s, IRAs, and HSAs.
—Dean Shahan, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The challenges are enormous, the hurdles daunting, the giants advantaged—but that’s what makes the opportunity so electric.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for advantaged
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But not everyone has benefited from these strides equally.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This lower value for their currency meant that German exports were relatively cheaper for Chinese consumers (although many other European nations also use the euro, and none of them seem to have benefited as much from trade with China).—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Laws are not meant to be twisted and curated by privileged elites to fit their own personal agenda.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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But in the streaming era, Tranter says, there’s little more than a few privileged writers like him and a much wider swath of younger writers struggling to survive.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In recent times, movie stars have largely ceded the spotlight to intellectual property — DiCaprio is the blessed exception.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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His gentle manner and welcoming smile will long remain a blessed image for all those who love liberty.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Japan was in a deep recession, but Uniqlo kept growing, offering bargains for the struggling masses and discretion for better-off consumers in an era that frowned upon conspicuous consumption.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Poorer school districts could also struggle to access the latest AI technology, widening the gap with areas that are better-off, Robin Lake, director of Arizona State University’s Center on Reinventing Public Education, told CNN.—
Nic F. Anderson,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Advantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advantaged. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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