as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war
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Recent Examples of high ground
On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Avoid open spaces, isolated objects, high ground and metallic objects.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The man is so full of himself, so desperate to find some moral high ground from which to make this mortifying last stand.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026
But Trump this week, in his State of the Union speech − one of the biggest platforms to date of his second term − sought to regain the political high ground and reinvigorate a central pillar of his presidency ahead of the next crucial election.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Avoid open spaces, isolated objects, high ground and metallic objects.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The man is so full of himself, so desperate to find some moral high ground from which to make this mortifying last stand.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026
But Trump this week, in his State of the Union speech − one of the biggest platforms to date of his second term − sought to regain the political high ground and reinvigorate a central pillar of his presidency ahead of the next crucial election.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high ground
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Turn back the tape just a few weeks ago, to when the Five Stripes relinquished a 1-0 advantage in the final stretch to lose at home 2-1.—
Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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Blackwood made the initial stop, but Faber was there at the edge of the crease and the puck went off the Minnesota defenseman’s body and into the net to restore the three-goal advantage.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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The outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship moored off the western coast of Africa is gripping a world primed by recent painful experience to be on edge for the next Covid-19-like event.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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But there’s a significant difference in setting the edge on the college level and doing it in the NFL, where the offensive tackles and tight ends are usually bigger and stronger.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Seven candidates for California governor crowded a CNN debate stage in East Los Angeles on Tuesday, spending much of the two hours sparring and strategizing to gain an upper hand in a race that still remains fluid.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 May 2026
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My colleague Nancy Youssef, a staff writer who covers the Pentagon and has been reporting on the negotiations, told me that this time, Iran has a clear upper hand.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20ground. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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