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
Even absent another disaster, New Orleans has been the fastest-shrinking major metro area in the country in recent years, as more people have sought high ground or been priced out of the market by rising insurance rates.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
That online comment was characteristic of the usual sanctimonious pablum, the kind of casual moral high ground afforded only to a native English speaker or to someone willfully ignorant of the daily indignities non-native speakers face.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Squad member, needs to make her move or risk losing the liberal high ground.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The hundreds of square miles of tundra of the Delta are very close to sea level, and many communities don't have much high ground.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
That online comment was characteristic of the usual sanctimonious pablum, the kind of casual moral high ground afforded only to a native English speaker or to someone willfully ignorant of the daily indignities non-native speakers face.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Squad member, needs to make her move or risk losing the liberal high ground.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The hundreds of square miles of tundra of the Delta are very close to sea level, and many communities don't have much high ground.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high ground
Noun
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The Cougars finished with four turnovers and held a 26-8 advantage in points in the paint.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Columbus blanked the Blackhawks on their two power-play chances, running their string of futility to 26 man-advantages and 10 games without a goal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Having explored the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest, and the edge of space, Victor Vescovo knows what awe feels like in its most dramatic forms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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In short, the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war are a weird laboratory for modern warfare, which, against all odds, has given Ukraine a considerable tactical edge over its much larger adversary.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Regulation is another area where China is trying to get an upper hand.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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These Democrats believe that the mayhem caused by ICE’s raids gives the party an uncharacteristic upper hand over Republicans on immigration—and that demands to eliminate the agency erase that leverage.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20ground. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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