upper hands

noun

plural of upper hand
as in advantages
the more favorable condition or position in a competition finally gained the upper hand in the argument

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  1. advantages
  2. edges
Noun
  • The advantages the Phillies should have in the postseason — raucous home atmosphere, outstanding rotation — have not pushed them over the top.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Podded propulsion offers particular advantages in this environment.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of advantages
Noun
  • Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In the 1-out-of-n case, for example, solutions can be described as loops drawn on the edges of an n-dimensional cube that pass through every corner.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of edges
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“Upper hands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper%20hands. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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