as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
a trade agreement that is advantageous to both countries
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Recent Examples of advantageous
Like yesterday, works an advantageous hitter count and then obliterates the ball.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025
The reforms highlight a growing conviction that the country’s advantageous geography no longer offers sufficient protection against the PLA.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
Besides stats, Playmaker has another innovative feature that’s advantageous for colleges and recruiters: contextual analytics.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
The intense competition in the Chinese small car market was responsible for advantageous consumer price outcomes, according to the report, with 95% of Chinese small car sales already electric in 2024.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025
The reforms highlight a growing conviction that the country’s advantageous geography no longer offers sufficient protection against the PLA.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
Besides stats, Playmaker has another innovative feature that’s advantageous for colleges and recruiters: contextual analytics.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
The intense competition in the Chinese small car market was responsible for advantageous consumer price outcomes, according to the report, with 95% of Chinese small car sales already electric in 2024.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for advantageous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advantageous
Adjective
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Working directly with an outside expert may be beneficial.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Finding the right probiotic Paul and her colleagues have spent over six years investigating whether beneficial microorganisms (aka probiotics) could be a longer lasting alternative to combat this pathogen.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Bubic relied on his fastball more to get in favorable counts before mixing the rest of his pitching arsenal.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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Prior to the tariff announcements, the economic backdrop was relatively favorable—inflation had been gradually easing toward the Fed’s 2% target, and unemployment was low.—
Magdy Hassan Fayed,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This feature can be extremely helpful in extending insights use cases and getting stakeholders to embrace research as part of their business.—
Erin Tavgac,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The following are generally considered some of the least helpful foods for Crohn's disease.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
30 May 2025
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“Advantageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advantageous. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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